" The FBI is in process of moving its Records Management Division, which processes Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests, to Winchester, Virginia.

" It encouraged all government agencies to review FOIA requests in a manner most favorable to openness and to release information, even though it might fall within one of the nine exemption categories, if no “ foreseeable harm ” would result from the disclosure.

* Electronic Privacy Information Center's ChoicePoint page-includes information EPIC gained from FOIA requests

In his research, the late Philip H. Melanson, former Chancellor Professor of Policy Studies, and chair of the Political Science Department at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth made over 95 Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests.

* National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project which provides documents obtained from FOIA requests regarding U. S. involvement in Chile, beginning with attempts to promote a coup in 1970 and continuing through U. S. support for Pinochet

* ACLU Links to TIA information, FOIA requests, and news clips on the " Matrix " program.

The outcry from the effect that the Reagan Order had on FOIA requests was a factor in leading President Clinton to dramatically alter the criteria in 1995.

Given the large volume of records and limited resources, the amendment also extended the agencies ' required response time to FOIA requests.

In effect, this new language precluded any covered US intelligence agency from disclosing records in response to FOIA requests made by foreign governments or international governmental organizations.

* it extends the 20 day deadline by allowing for up to 10 days between the FOIA office of the agency and the component of the agency holding the records and specifically allows for clarification of requests by the FOIA office ( Effective 12 / 31 / 2007 ).

* it requires agencies to assign tracking numbers to FOIA requests that take longer than 10 days, and to provide systems determining the status of a request.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) officers in charge of responding to FOIA requests " so heavily redacted the released records as to preclude needed research.

" In an effort to support his claim in subsequent state court proceedings that the prosecution violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U. S. 83, by withholding material exculpatory evidence, he filed Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests with the FBI for information it had compiled in connection with the murder investigation.

Under the Presidential Records Act, " FOIA requests for NSC not be filed until five years after the president ha left office ... or twelve years if the records classified.

According to Scott Armstrong, taking into account labor and material costs, the three presidential administrations spent almost $ 9. 3 million on contesting the National Security Archive FOIA requests for PROFS e-mail records.

* Stanford Libraries FOIA archive-Preserved collection of sites that deal with Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests and documents.

* National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project which provides documents obtained from FOIA requests regarding U. S. involvement in Chile, beginning with attempts to promote a coup in 1970 and continuing through U. S. support for Pinochet

He began with a barrage of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ).

Before the book's publication, the Reagan administration claimed that unclassified source documents were released to Bamford in error, and threatened him with prosecution if he did not return 250 pages of documents he had obtained through Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests.

The NSA's historical account states that documents removed from the Marshall Library were " sequestered portions of the Friedman collection ," i. e., the collection that included the copies of the NSA Newsletter that spurred one of Bamford's FOIA requests.

Most of the activities of the Energy Task Force have not been disclosed to the public, even though Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests ( since 19 April 2001 ) have sought to gain access to its materials.

* National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project which provides documents obtained from FOIA requests regarding U. S. involvement in Chile, beginning with attempts to promote a coup in 1970 and continuing through U. S. support for Pinochet

In defense, the FBI put forth a claim that the redacted sections of the documents requested were withheld in accordance with FOIA regulations protecting the identity of informants who gave information regarding case details.

" The account continues, " Bamford then submitted a FOIA request for the entire collection, using as his rationale the offending phrase indicating that the information had been intended for dissemination to uncleared people.

Bamford submitted a FOIA request for resulting documents, and received most of their report on the NSA.

Executive Order 13233, drafted by Alberto R. Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001 is used to limit the FOIA by restricting access to the records of former presidents.

The 30 year rule was abolished and closed records in the PRO are subject to the same access controls as all other records of public authorities under the FOIA.

The committee must provide access to materials provided to it, including reports, transcripts, minutes, working papers, agendas or other documents unless any of the nine FOIA exemptions would apply.

It gives one “( 1 ) the right to see records about self, subject to the Privacy Act's exemptions, ( 2 ) the right to amend that record if it is inaccurate, irrelevant, untimely, or incomplete, and ( 3 ) the right to sue the government for violations of the statute including permitting others to see records unless specifically permitted by the Act .” In conjunction with the FOIA, the PA is used to further the rights of an individual gaining access to information held by the government.

Congress amended FOIA to address the fees charged by different categories of requesters and the scope of access to law enforcement and national security records.

* Filing a lawsuit against the U. S. Secret Service for denying Judicial Watch ’ s Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) request for access to Obama White House visitor logs from January 20 to August 10, 2009.

The organisations Judicial Watch and Sierra Club launched a law suit ( U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia: Judicial Watch Inc. v. Department of Energy, et al., Civil Action No. 01-0981 ) under the FOIA to gain access to the task force's materials.

ARTICLE 19 is a founding member of the Freedom of Information Advocates ( FOIA ) Network, a global forum that aims to support campaigning, advocacy and fundraising on access to information through the exchange of information, ideas and strategies.

The FOIA Network also aims to facilitate the formation of regional or international coalitions to address access to information issues.

Requests for access to records pursuant to FOIA may be refused by federal agencies if information requested is subject to exemption, or some information may be redacted ( deleted ).

The Reno Memo established a " presumption " in favor of disclosure by providing that " it shall be the policy of the Department of Justice to defend the assertion of a FOIA exemption only in those cases where the agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would be harmful to an interest protected by that exemption.

Sirkin confirmed the claims made in Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death that eyewitnesses who had come forward with information on the incident had been tortured and killed, and stated that a FOIA document showed that the " U. S. government and, apparently, intelligence agency – it's a three-letter word that ’ s redacted of an intelligence branch of the U. S. government in the FOIA – they knew and reported that eyewitnesses to this massacre had been killed and tortured.

A redacted report about the office's work was released to the National Security Archives after a FOIA request.

* CIA FOIA documents on Gary Powers

A cache of some 20, 000 documents survived Helms ' purge, as they had been incorrectly stored in a financial record building and were discovered following a FOIA request in 1977.

The book is based on documents released under FOIA and numerous other documents and interviews to the police and investigators, along with a lot of speculation and guessing.

The AG declared the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) would defend agencies ’ decisions to withhold documents from a FOIA requester under one of the statute's exemptions " unless they lack a sound legal basis or present an unwarranted risk of adverse impact on the ability of other agencies to protect other important records.

In April 2005, as the Senate confirmation hearings for the National Intelligence post took place, hundreds of documents were released by the State Department in response to a FOIA request by The Washington Post.

The Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government.

These amendments to the FOIA regulate government control of documents which concern a citizen.

Between 1995 and 1999, President Clinton issued executive directives ( and amendments to the directives ) that allowed the release of previously classified national security documents more than 25 years old and of historical interest, as part of the FOIA.

A 25-year battle by historian Jon Wiener based on FOIA, with the assistance of lawyers from the ACLU, eventually resulted in the release of documents like this one.

This includes government sites that receive and distribute FOIA documents ( aka " FOIA reading rooms ") as well as non-profit organizations and government watchdogs that request large numbers of FOIA documents on specific topics like national security and civil rights.

He did it all within the limits of the law-through attributable interviews, FOIA ' ed documents, and meticulous research in public libraries and newspapers.