Archive for December, 2012
Changes
This post is from OGIS Deputy Director Karen Finnegan. “The only thing that stays the same is change.” Melissa Etheridge At OGIS, we specialize in change. The very existence of OGIS represents an innovative change to the FOIA administrative process. Our daily work involves changing the way people approach conflict and how they communicate with [...]
Posted by Karen Finnegan on December 18, 2012, under About OGIS.
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Don’t shut your eyes to the importance of FOIA regulations
Freedom of Information Act regulations sound like a sure cure for insomnia, but if FOIA were a movie, their role would be a real sleeper. We at OGIS recognize that well-crafted FOIA regulations are key to an effective agency FOIA process so we regularly comment on proposed changes to regulations as part of our statutory [...]
Posted by Kirsten Mitchell on December 13, 2012, under About FOIA, About OGIS, Best practices, FOIA in the news.
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Records Management Directive Shifts Into Gear
It’s common wisdom in the library and information science community that if you have something and you can’t find it, you don’t have it. This principle is as true for agencies’ records as it is in university libraries, and it directly affects the efficiency and effectiveness of agency FOIA programs. We’ve written before about President [...]
Posted by Carrie McGuire on December 6, 2012, under About FOIA, About OGIS, Best practices, Open Government, Records Management.
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