Archive for June, 2012
FOIA Regulations: A Valuable Tool for Requesters
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, establishes how an agency must administer its FOIA program. While the law contains a lot of useful information—from time limits to fee categories to redactions and more—it doesn’t provide the whole picture. If a FOIA requester needs practical, detailed information about how an agency’s [...]
Posted by Carrie McGuire on June 28, 2012, under About OGIS.
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ICE: A Source for Investigative Immigration Records
An OGIS-sponsored forum on immigration records on May 23 brought FOIA professionals from agencies which maintain immigration records together 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [...]
Posted by Kirsten Mitchell on June 20, 2012, under About FOIA.
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Archives Releases Updated Open Gov Plan
For the past two years, the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA’s) Open Government Plan has provided our parent agency with a roadmap to increased transparency, participation and collaboration. Since that time, NARA’s leadership and staff have completed almost 70 tasks spelled out in that document. Never an agency to rest on its laurels, NARA [...]
Posted by Carrie McGuire on June 15, 2012, under About FOIA, About OGIS, Open Government.
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Ensuring Requests for A-Files are A-OK
Note: An OGIS-sponsored forum on immigration records on May 23 brought together FOIA professionals from agencies which maintain immigration records with immigration attorneys and others interested in such records. The FOIA Ombudsman: Information & Advice is spot-lighting each agency, the types of immigration records each holds and tips for obtaining those records under FOIA. U.S. [...]
Posted by Kirsten Mitchell on June 7, 2012, under About FOIA, OGIS events.
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