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Category: News

Archive FOIA Project Director Nate Jones Testifies Before House Oversight Committee On Need for Fee Fixes, FOIA “Beat Cop”

June 2, 2015
Archive Director Tom Blanton’s Must-Read Testimony on the Administration’s Efforts to Improve Open Government

May 6, 2015
Backlash Develops Over Release of Body Cam Footage

February 26, 2015
FOIA Advisory Committee’s Third Meeting Tackles 508 Compliance

February 11, 2015
Presidential Records Act Gets New Teeth

December 9, 2014
In Second Meeting, FOIA Advisory Committee Tackles Litigation Review, 508 Compliance, and Fee Issues

October 29, 2014
Senate Judiciary Poised to Act on FOIA Reform Bill

September 17, 2014
Navy Taking Steps, Including Acknowledging Heavy-Handed and “Too-Comprehensive Application” of Kyl-Lott Review, to Resolve Naval Archive Crisis.

July 18, 2014
Model FOIA Regulations

May 22, 2014
Jose Rodriguez Destroys Key Evidence of CIA Torture Program, then Condemns Senate Report for being “Flawed,” Biased, and Incomplete

April 9, 2014
FOIA Lawsuit Fights to Reveal US Government’s Involvement in Nelson Mandela’s 1962 Arrest

April 7, 2014
Vladimir Channels the Gipper: Putin’s rationale for invading Crimea sounds a lot like Reagan’s for invading Grenada.

March 27, 2014
The Menace of Overclassification

March 20, 2014
Agencies Must Update FOIA Regulations

March 20, 2014
National Security Archive Audit Sheds Light on Best Practice FOIA Regulations this Sunshine Week

March 18, 2014
Mexican Legislators Call for Investigation of U.S. Intelligence Center

November 19, 2013
Want to Know Who the US is at War With? Too Bad, Says Pentagon.

September 4, 2013
National Archives Quietly Pulls School of the Americas Human Rights Evidence Citing Possible “Terrorist Activity”

August 30, 2013
Friend or Foe? The US’ Complicated Intelligence-Sharing Relationship with Europe

August 29, 2013
Old Regs May Not Necessarily Be Bad Regs, But Can Be A Red Flag

December 6, 2012