2010
Summaries of New Decisions -- November 2010
(posted 12/08/2010)Supreme Court Set to Hear Three Cases Involving the FOIA
(posted 11/24/2010)OIP Hosting Second Annual FOIA Requester Roundtable
(posted 11/18/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- October 2010
(posted 11/18/2010)Guidelines for 2011 Chief FOIA Officer Reports to the Department of Justice Pursuant to Attorney General Holder's FOIA Guidelines
(posted 11/16/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- September 2010
(posted 11/02/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- August 2010
(posted 10/12/2010)Upcoming Refresher Training Session -- 2010 Agency Annual FOIA Reports
(posted 09/23/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- July 2010
(posted 08/13/2010)FOIA Training Opportunities: Fiscal Year 2011
(posted 08/09/2010)Summary of Agency Chief FOIA Officer Reports with Findings and OIP Guidance for Improvement
(posted 07/29/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- June 2010
(posted 07/15/2010)OIP Guidance: Notifying Requesters of the Mediation Services Offered by OGIS
(posted 07/09/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- May 2010
(posted 06/21/2010)Upcoming Conference for Chief FOIA Officers and FOIA Professionals
(posted 06/09/2010)Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2009
(posted 06/04/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- April 2010
(posted 06/01/2010)Change of Location for Best Practices Working Group
(posted 05/19/2010)Statutes Found to Qualify under Exemption 3 of the FOIA
(posted 05/12/2010)Change of Date for Best Practices Working Group
(posted 05/12/2010)OIP Convening Two FOIA Working Groups
(posted 05/04/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- March 2010
(posted 04/21/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- February 2010
(posted 04/06/2010)Department of Justice Issues 2009 FOIA Litigation and Compliance Report
(posted 04/02/2010)Congressional Hearing on FOIA Held During Sunshine Week
(posted 04/02/2010)Presidential Statement and White House Memorandum on the FOIA Issued During Sunshine Week
(posted 03/26/2010)Congress Passes Amendment to Exemption 3 of the FOIA
(posted 03/10/2010)Attorney General Holder to Speak at Department of Justice Celebration of the First Anniversary of the Attorney General's FOIA Guidelines
(posted 03/04/2010)OIP Guidance: The Importance of Good Communication with FOIA Requesters
(posted 03/04/2010)Dispute Resolution Training for FOIA Public Liaisons
(posted 03/01/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- January 2010
(posted 02/19/2010)FOIA Training Opportunities, Fiscal Year 2010
(posted 01/22/2010)Summaries of New Decisions -- December 2009
(posted 01/20/2010)
2009
Upcoming Training for Chief FOIA Officers
(posted 12/17/2009)Question and Answer: Chief FOIA Officer Reports
(posted 12/17/2009)Preferred Formats for 2009 Annual FOIA Reports
(posted 12/17/2009)Summaries of New Decisions - November 2009
(posted 12/16/2009)Annual FOIA Reports in Machine-Readable Format
(posted 12/10/2009)Statutes Found to Qualify under Exemption 3 of the FOIA
(posted 12/09/2009)
Note: An updated list can be found on OIP's home pageSummaries of New Decisions -- October 2009
(posted 11/30/2009)Upcoming Training for FOIA Public Liaisons
(posted 11/06/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- September 2009
(posted 11/03/2009)Office of Government Information Services Is Now Open
(posted 10/21/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- August 2009
(posted 10/02/2009)Guidelines for Chief FOIA Officer Reports to the Department of Justice Pursuant to Attorney General Holder’s FOIA Guidelines
(posted 9/30/2009)Upcoming Refresher Training Session -- 2009 Agency Annual FOIA Reports
(posted 9/17/2009)Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2008
(posted 8/19/2009, updated 8/24/2009, link inserted 9/23/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- July 2009
(posted 08/14/2009)2009 Edition of the Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act Now Available Online
(posted 08/10/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- June 2009
(posted 07/16/2009)OIP Hosting Upcoming FOIA Requester Roundtable
(posted 06/10/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- May 2009
(posted 06/08/2009)2009 Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act - Procedure for Ordering Copies
(posted 05/18/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- April 2009
(posted 05/13/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- March 2009
(posted 04/20/2009)OIP Guidance: President Obama's FOIA Memorandum and Attorney General Holder's FOIA Guidelines - Creating a "New Era of Open Government"
(posted 04/17/2009)Upcoming Conference Providing Guidance on President Obama’s and Attorney General Holder's Memoranda on the Freedom of Information Act
(posted 03/20/2009)Attorney General Holder Issues New Guidelines Governing the FOIA
(posted 03/20/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- February 2009
(posted 03/12/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- January 2009
(posted 03/12/2009)Summaries of New Decisions -- December 2008
(posted 03/12/2009)Office of Information Policy (OIP)
(posted 03/11/2009)Question and Answer: Annual FOIA Report (Consultations, Response Time and Remands)
(posted 01/12/2009)
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)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)Summaries of New Decisions -- May 2008
(posted 06/16/2008)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))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)
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)Summaries of New Decisions -- August 2007
(posted 10/17/2007)Summaries of New Decisions -- July 2007
(posted 10/11/2007)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)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)
2006
FOIA Counselor Q&A
(posted 1/24/06)
2005
Treatment of Unit Prices After McDonnell Douglas v. Air Force
(posted 9/8/05)
2004
The Limits of Agency Translation Obligations Under the FOIA
(posted 12/1/04)The Use of Contractors in FOIA Administration
(posted 9/30/04)Use of "Cut-Off" Dates for FOIA Searches
(posted 5/6/04)Supreme Court Rules for "Survivor Privacy" in Favish
(posted 4/9/04)
2003
Agencies Rely on Wide Range of Exemption 3 Statutes
(posted 12/16/03)FOIA Counselor Q&A: "Frequently Requested" Records
(posted 7/25/03)Supreme Court Vacates and Remands in ATF Database Case
(posted 3/25/03)Homeland Security Law Contains New Exemption 3 Statute
(posted 1/27/03)
2002
FOIA Amended by Intelligence Authorization Act
(posted 12/23/02)New McDonnell Douglas Opinion Aids Unit Price Decisionmaking
(posted 10/4/02)NTIS: An Available Means of Record Disclosure
(posted 8/30/02; supplemented 9/23/02)Treatment of Unit Prices Under Exemption 4
(posted 5/29/02)
2001
Supreme Court Declines to Review Waiver Case
(posted 8/7/01)Supreme Court Rules in Exemption 5 Case
(posted 4/4/01)
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