Archive for August, 2012
Government-wide Records Directive Addresses Electronic Records
By the end of the decade, Federal agencies must digitize management of electronic records—including the millions of emails sent and received each year—according to a new records directive introduced last week. With a focus on a digital transition, the Managing Government Records Directive issued jointly by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the [...]
Posted by Corinna Zarek on August 28, 2012, under Open Government, Records Management.
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Thinking about process
When OGIS Director Miriam Nisbet opened the office in September 2009, three requests for OGIS assistance awaited her attention, yet she had no process in place for dealing with cases or any staff members to work on them. Since its inception, one of the great challenges OGIS has faced is figuring out how to do [...]
Posted by Carrie McGuire on August 23, 2012, under About OGIS.
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More on Immigration Records
An OGIS-sponsored forum on immigration records on May 23 brought together FOIA professionals from five agencies which maintain immigration records with immigration attorneys and others interested in such records. The FOIA Ombudsman is spot-lighting each agency and the types of immigration records each holds. See previous posts on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); Immigration [...]
Posted by Kirsten Mitchell on August 15, 2012, under About OGIS.
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Got Appeals?
The administrative appeal process is an integral part of FOIA. Federal agencies received almost 10,000 FOIA appeals in the year ending September 30, 2010. FOIA sets forth two requirements pertaining to the appeal process: (1) agencies must notify requesters of the right to appeal any adverse determination; and (2) agencies must make a determination with [...]
Posted by Karen Finnegan on August 8, 2012, under About FOIA, About OGIS, Best practices.
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More on Declassification
Documents declassified by the government’s highest classification authority will soon be posted online in a new government declassification portal, a Federal declassification expert said at a July 25, 2012 FOIA Requester Roundtable. William C. Carpenter of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) at the National Archives provided tips on a variety of declassification issues and [...]
Posted by Corinna Zarek on August 3, 2012, under About FOIA, OGIS events, Open Government.
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