The Department of Justice’s Office of Information Policy has begun soliciting public comments on the proposed Freedom of Information Act business standards developed to support federal shared services. DOJ is seeking input
MoreThe Chief FOIA Officers Council’s technology committee is seeking vendors as it plans to hold a two-day event in May to demonstrate Freedom of Information Act technology platforms that could help federal
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The Office of Management and Budget has begun accepting public feedback on a proposed rule that would amend OMB’s regulations for implementing the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA.
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The Department of Defense has released a final rule amending the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, regulation to add additional FOIA requester service centers and update organizational names. With the final
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The Department of Justice’s Office of Information Policy has updated the Freedom of Information Act website with a new search tool as part of efforts to improve user experience and meet one
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The State Department, Department of Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have started testing artificial intelligence tools to help process large volumes of requests under the Freedom of Information Act, NBC
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Mason Clutter, who previously served as acting chief privacy officer and chief Freedom of Information Act officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has assumed the roles full-time. Her appointment took place
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MITRE has developed an artificial intelligence-based tool designed to assist agency analysts in handling requests to access federal government records under the Freedom of Information Act. The FOIA Assistant uses AI and
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Lindsay Steel, chief of Freedom of Information Act compliance staff at the Department of Justice’s office of information policy, said DOJ and the National Archives and Records Administration are working with the
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has updated the Annual Report Data page on the Freedom of Information Act website and uploaded all fiscal year 2020 FOIA reports prepared by 119 agencies onto
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