The Office of Government Information Services

December 17, 2020
In our blog post today, we announced the publication of our latest issue assessmenton the methods that agencies use to prepare documents for posting on agency FOIA websites. 

December 10, 2020
Thanks to those who virtually joined us for today's FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting! We're sorry for the technical difficulties that cut the public comment period short. If you have questions comments or questions that you would like submit to the Committee, please send them via email to foia-advisory-committee@nara.gov. Before submitting your comments, please read our Contact Us/Submit Comments and Posting Policy for Public Comments page.

November 25, 2020
Check out this week's blog post for information about the FOIA Advisory Committee's upcoming virtual meeting on December 10 and how you can register to attend.

November 17, 2020
Today on our blog, we announce the release of our new dashboard that you can use to track the status of the FOIA Advisory Committee recommendations in one place.

• File a FOIA request
• File a FOIA appeal
• Request OGIS assistance

• OGIS Issue Assessment: Methods Agencies Use to Prepare Documents for Posting on Agency Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Websites(Dec 16, 2020)

• OGIS Issue Assessment: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Performance Measures for Non-FOIA Professionals(Sep 29, 2020)
• OGIS Review of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission FOIA Program(Sep 16, 2020)
• OGIS Issue Assessment: Agency Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Website Communications on COVID-19(Jun 15, 2020)
• OGIS Issue Assessment: Agency Compliance with the Estimated Date of Completion Requirement of the Freedom of Information Act(Mar 31, 2020)
• More assessments and reports are available on our Compliance Program webpage.

• The 2020-2020 term of the FOIA Advisory Committee held its first meeting on September 10, 2020.
• Final Report and Recommendations of the 2018-2020 Term of the FOIA Advisory Committee(Jul 9, 2020)
• Final Report and Recommendations of the 2016-2018 Term of the FOIA Advisory Committee (Apr 17, 2018)
• More information is available on our FOIA Advisory Committee webpage.