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HUMAN RIGHTS

Federal Agencies Find New Ways to Evade FOIA Requirements

FOIA is intended to assure government transparency, but it seems government doesn’t like that at all—and is endlessly creative in evading disclosures. 

HUMAN RIGHTS

More Than Ever, US Public Exercises Its Right to Government Information via FOIA

Over 1 million FOIA requests in 2023 have led to unprecedented delays and backlogs in receiving responses to statutory queries. Can AI help, or will it make it worse?

CORRUPTION

NIH and Senior Staffers Engaged in Long-Term Effort to Evade FOIA, New Documents Show

Ironically, a congressional subpoena turned up evidence of a conspiracy between senior staffers to evade freedom of information requirements in order to deny the public access to critical information about the workings of government.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Arkansas Voters and AG Move to Strengthen FOIA

If approved by voters, the measure would create a commission to help citizens request government records and penalize agencies that fail to comply with those requests.