2008
Summaries of New Decisions --
November 2008
(posted 12/23/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
October 2008
(posted 11/24/2008)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2009
(posted 11/20/2008)
OIP Guidance: New Requirement
To Route Misdirected FOIA Requests
(posted 11/18/2008)
OIP Guidance: New Limitations
on Assessing Fees
(posted 11/18/2008)
OIP Guidance: New Limitations
on Tolling the FOIA's Response Time
(posted 11/18/2008)
OIP Guidance: Assigning Tracking
Numbers and Providing Status Information for Requests
(posted 11/18/2008)
November 19 Training Session
Providing Guidance on Sections 6 and 7 of the OPEN Government
Act
(posted 11/17/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
September 2008
(posted 10/31/2008)
OIP Guidance: Segregating and
Marking Documents for Release in Accordance with the Open
Government Act
(posted 10/23/2008)
Question and Answer:
Annual FOIA Report (Expedited Processing and Fee Waiver
Requests)
(posted 10/07/2008)
Summaries of New
Decisions -- August 2008
(posted 09/17/2008)
Treatment of Agency Records Maintained
For an Agency By a Government Contractor for Purposes
of Records Management
(posted 9/09/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
July 2008
(posted 08/21/2008)
Summaries of New
Decisions -- June 2008
(posted 07/21/2008)
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports
for FY 2007
(posted 07/01/2008)
Guidance on Preparing Backlog
Reduction Plans
(posted 06/27/2008)
Guidance on Submitting Certification
of Agency Compliance with FOIA's Reading Room Requirements
(posted 06/27/2008)
Guidance
on Submitting Updated Status Reports to the President's
Management Council
(posted 06/17/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
May 2008
(posted 06/16/2008)
Attorney General's Report to
the President on Executive Order 13,392, "Improving Agency
Disclosure of Information"
(posted 06/10/2008)
Department of Justice Issues
New Annual FOIA Report Guidance
(posted 05/22/2008)
2008 Guidelines
for Agency Preparation of Annual FOIA Reports
(posted 05/22/2008; supplemented
10/16/2008 (Section VIII))
Upcoming Conference Providing
Guidance on the New Requirements for Agency Annual FOIA
Reports
(posted 05/19/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
April 2008
(posted 05/12/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
March 2008
(posted 4/07/2008)
Missouri District Court Issues
Ruling on Attorney Fees Provision of OPEN Government Act
(posted 3/27/2008)
Celebrating James Madison and
the Freedom of Information Act
(posted 3/13/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
February 2008
(posted 3/06/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
January 2008
(posted 2/25/2008)
Summaries of New Decisions --
December 2007
(posted 1/24/2008)
Congress Passes Amendments to
the FOIA
(posted 1/09/2008)
Upcoming Conference Providing
Guidance on Newly Enacted Amendments to the FOIA
(posted 1/07/2008)
2007
Summaries of New Decisions --
November 2007
(posted 12/21/2007)
Summaries of New Decisions --
October 2007
(posted 11/27/2007)
Summaries of New Decisions --
September 2007
(posted 11/16/2007)
Modified Templates to Use When
Submitting Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008,
2009, and 2010
(posted 10/17/2007)
Supplemental Guidance for Preparation
and Submission of Section XII of Agency Fiscal Year 2007
Annual FOIA Reports
(posted 10/17/2007)
Summaries of New Decisions --
August 2007
(posted 10/17/2007)
Summaries of New Decisions --
July 2007
(posted 10/11/2007)
Change of Date for the Web Site
Training
(posted 10/3/2007)
Summaries of New Decisions --
June 2007
(posted 9/27/2007)
Summaries of New Decisions --
May 2007
(posted 9/21/2007)
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports
for Fiscal Year 2006
(posted 9/14/2007)
Summaries of New Decisions --
April 2007
(posted 9/10/2007)
Change of Dates for Upcoming
Conferences and Training Related to Executive Order 13,392
(posted 9/7/2007)
Guidance on Submitting Backlog
Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010
(posted 9/7/2007)
New FOIA Post Feature --
Summaries of New Decisions in FOIA Cases
(posted 9/4/2007)
Upcoming Conferences and Training
Related to Implementation of Executive Order 13,392
(posted 8/28/2007; supplemented
9/7/2007 and 10/1/2007)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2008
(posted 8/10/2007)
Guidance on Submitting Updated
Status Reports to the President's Management Council
(posted 6/28/2007)
Attorney General's Report to
the President on Executive Order 13,392 (June 1, 2007)
(posted 6/8/07; supplemented 6/20/07)
New OIP Director Announced
(posted 4/12/07)
March 2007 Freedom of Information
Act Guide Now Available
(posted 4/6/07)
House Subcommittee Hearing: "The
State of the [Freedom of Information Act]: Assessing Agency
Efforts to Meet FOIA Requirements"
(posted 3/5/07)
2006
OIP Holds Silver Anniversary
Celebration
(posted 11/3/06)
"Rider" Letter to Be Used by
Agencies for FOIA Guide
(posted 10/3/06)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2007
(posted 8/23/06; supplemental 3/16/07)
Agency FOIA Improvement Plans
Posted
(posted 6/20/06)
Executive Order 13,392 Implementation
Guidance
(posted 4/27/06)
New FOIA Guide & Privacy
Act Overview to Be Published in November
(posted 2/22/06; supplemented 5/31/06)
FOIA Counselor Q&A
(posted 1/24/06)
FOIA Guide Seminar Scheduled
for December 19
(posted 1/20/06; supplemented 5/31/06)
Note: Outdated job postings have been deleted.
2005
OIP Co-Director Richard L.
Huff Retires After 36-Year Career
(posted 10/27/05)
Treatment of Unit Prices After McDonnell
Douglas v. Air Force
(posted 9/8/05)
OIP Establishes Annual Outstanding
FOIA Officer Award
(posted 8/31/05)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2006
(posted 7/21/05; supplemented 9/20/05,
1/26/06, 4/28/06, and 5/31/06)
House Subcommittee Holds Basic
FOIA Oversight Hearing
(posted 5/31/05)
New FOIA Decisions, January-March
2005
(posted 3/31/05)
FOIA Conferences Held by Growing
Numbers of Agencies
(posted 2/22/05)
New FOIA Decisions, October-December
2004
(posted 1/10/05)
Note: Outdated job postings have been deleted.
2004
The Limits of Agency Translation
Obligations Under the FOIA
(posted 12/1/04)
Basic FOIA Training Manual
Now Available On-Line
(posted 11/26/04)
Full Court Review Sought in McDonnell
Douglas Unit Price Case
(posted 10/7/04)
New FOIA Decisions, July-September
2004
(posted 10/4/04)
The Use of Contractors in FOIA
Administration
(posted 9/30/04)
World Now Celebrates "International
Right-to-Know Day"
(posted 9/28/04)
Justice Department FOIA Course
to Be Held in Albuquerque
(posted 9/20/04)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2005
(posted 8/27/04; supplemented 9/20/04
and 3/3/05)
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports
for Fiscal Year 2003
(posted 7/29/04)
New FOIA Decisions, April-June
2004
(posted 7/2/04)
Use of "Cut-Off" Dates for
FOIA Searches
(posted 5/6/04)
Supreme Court Rules for "Survivor
Privacy"
in Favish
(posted 4/9/04)
New FOIA Decisions, January-March
2004
(posted 4/2/04)
"Rider" Letter to Be Used by
Agencies for Guide & Overview
(posted 3/4/04)
Critical Infrastructure Information
Regulations Issued by DHS
(posted 2/27/04)
FOIA Guide Seminar Scheduled
for June 17
(posted 2/19/04)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Pre-1989)
(posted 1/28/04)
New FOIA Guide & Privacy
Act Overview to Be Published in May
(posted 1/23/04)
New FOIA Decisions, October-December
2003
(posted 1/2/04)
Note: Outdated job postings have been deleted.
2003
Compilations of FOIA Decisions
Now Cover Past Fifteen Years
(posted 12/31/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1989)
(posted 12/31/03)
FOIA Counselor Q&A: Annual
FOIA Reports
(posted 12/19/03)
Agencies Rely on Wide Range
of Exemption 3 Statutes
(posted 12/16/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1989)
(posted 12/5/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1990)
(posted 11/3/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1990)
(posted 10/16/03)
New FOIA Decisions, July-September
2003
(posted 10/1/03)
Supreme Court to Hear FOIA
and Privacy Act Cases Back-to-Back
(posted 9/30/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1991)
(posted 9/30/03)
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports
for Fiscal Year 2002
(posted 9/3/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1991)
(posted 8/29/03)
Annual Report Guidance for
DHS-Related Agencies
(posted 8/8/03)
FOIA Counselor Q&A: "Frequently
Requested" Records
(posted 7/25/03)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2004
(posted 7/23/03; supplemented 10/30/03
and 3/29/04)
FOIA Officers Conference Held
on Homeland Security
(posted 7/3/03)
New FOIA Decisions, April-June
2003
(posted 7/1/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1992)
(posted 7/1/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1992)
(posted 6/11/03)
Supreme Court Decides to Hear "Survivor
Privacy"
Case
(posted 5/13/03; supplemented 10/10/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1993)
(posted 5/9/03)
Executive Order on National
Security Classification Amended
(posted 4/11/03)
New FOIA Decisions, January-March
2003
(posted 4/2/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1993)
(posted 3/28/03)
Supreme Court Vacates and Remands
in ATF Database Case
(posted 3/25/03)
Electronic Compilation of E-FOIA
Implementation Guidance
(posted 2/28/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1994)
(posted 2/27/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1994)
(posted 2/5/03)
Homeland Security Law Contains
New Exemption 3 Statute
(posted 1/27/03)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1995)
(posted 1/16/03)
New FOIA Decisions, October-December
2002
(posted 1/7/03)
Note: Outdated job postings have been deleted.
2002
FOIA Amended by Intelligence
Authorization Act
(posted 12/23/02)
FOIA Post Interview: Chairman
Stephen Horn
(posted 12/19/02)
OIP Gives FOIA Implementation
Advice to Other Nations
(posted 12/12/02)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1995)
(posted 11/22/02)
Supreme Court to Decide Law
Enforcement Database Case
(posted 11/22/02)
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports
for Fiscal Year 2001
(posted 10/17/02)
New McDonnell Douglas Opinion
Aids Unit Price Decisionmaking
(posted 10/4/02)
New FOIA Decisions, July-September
2002
(posted 10/1/02)
Follow-Up Report on E-FOIA
Implementation Issued
(posted 9/27/02)
FOIA Officers Conference Scheduled
(posted 9/17/02)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2003
(posted 9/10/02; supplemented 11/19/02
and 3/13/03)
Compilations of FOIA Decisions
Now Reach Back Five Years
(posted 8/30/02)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1996)
(posted 8/30/02)
NTIS: An Available Means
of Record Disclosure
(posted 8/30/02; supplemented 9/23/02)
New FOIA Decisions, April-June
2002
(posted 7/2/02)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1996)
(posted 6/28/02)
Treatment of Unit Prices Under
Exemption 4
(posted 5/29/02)
New FOIA Decisions, January-March
2002
(posted 4/9/02)
Guidance on Homeland Security
Information Issued
(posted 3/21/02)
GAO to Update Its E-FOIA Implementation
Study
(posted 3/8/02)
FOIA Guide Seminar Scheduled
for June 26
(posted 3/1/02)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1997)
(posted 2/25/02)
"Rider" Letter Sent to Agencies
for Upcoming Publications
(posted 2/22/02)
Labor Department and DOT Hold
FOIA Conferences
(posted 2/22/02)
New "FOIA Guide" and Case
List to Be Published in May
(posted 1/31/02)
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports
for Fiscal Year 2000
(posted 1/31/02)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1997)
(posted 1/31/02)
New FOIA Decisions, October-December
2001
(posted 1/4/02)
Note: Outdated job postings have been deleted.
2001
American Society of Access
Professionals Officers Elected
(posted 12/28/01)
Guest Article: Looking
Back on an Access Professional Career
(posted 12/14/01)
Anthrax Mail Emergency Delays
FOIA Correspondence
(posted 11/30/01)
New FOIA Decisions, July-September
2001
(posted 10/23/01)
New Attorney General FOIA Memorandum
Issued
(posted 10/15/01)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1998)
(posted 10/15/01)
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports
for Fiscal Year 1999
(posted 10/15/01)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1998)
(posted 9/28/01)
FOIA Training Opportunities,
Fiscal Year 2002
(posted 9/14/01; supplemented 3/7/02)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 1999)
(posted 8/14/01)
Supplemental Guidance on Annual
FOIA Reports
(posted 8/13/01)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 1999)
(posted 8/13/01)
Supreme Court Declines to Review
Waiver Case
(posted 8/7/01)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
January-June 2000)
(posted 7/27/01)
New FOIA Decisions, April-June
2001
(posted 7/3/01)
Compiled FOIA Decisions (Received
July-December 2000)
(posted 6/14/01)
Supreme Court Is Asked to Review
Law Enforcement Case
(posted 5/30/01)
New FOIA Decisions, January-March
2001
(posted 4/5/01)
Supreme Court Rules in Exemption
5 Case
(posted 4/4/01)
FOIA Training Opportunities
(posted 4/3/01)
GAO E-FOIA Implementation Report
Issued
(posted 3/23/01)
Agencies Continue E-FOIA Implementation
(posted 3/14/01)
Introducing FOIA Post
(posted 3/14/01)