Jan, 2016
FOIA is Broken: A Report, Staff Report, 114th Congress
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2007-)
"Since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 1966, the FOIA request has been used millions of times for a myriad of reasons. FOIA is one of the central tools to create transparency in the Federal government. FOIA should be a valuable mechanism protecting against an insulated government operating in the dark, giving the American people the access to the government they deserve. As such, FOIA's promise is central to the Committee's mission of increasing transparency throughout the Federal government. [...] In light of numerous reports of delays and obstruction related to the FOIA process, the Committee sought feedback directly from FOIA stakeholders, including via an online portal where requesters submitted cases highlighting ineffective or inefficient FOIA processes. The Committee asked for examples of delays, abusive fees, inappropriate redactions, and other tactics frustrating the FOIA process. In a matter of weeks, the Committee received a plethora of responses."
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    United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2007-)
  • Date
    Jan, 2016
  • Copyright
    Public Domain
  • Retrieved From
    U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: www.oversight.house.gov/
  • Format
    pdf
  • Media Type
    application/pdf
  • Subject
    Politics and government
  • Resource Group
    Congressional reports
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