The FOIA Blog


"About government disclosure law, such as the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and other federal and state laws that deal with disclosure."

Author: Scott Hodes is a solo pracitioner in Washington, D.C.

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Recent Posts from The FOIA Blog


  • Friday FOIA Roundup

    Here's a couple of interesting FOIA items that have come into The FOIA blog's world headquarters this week. Law student Alexander Sellinger has an article which is appearing in the Fordham Journal of Corporate and…

  • Two in GOP Seek Further Fed Transparency

    Two Republican Congressman have written an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal calling on further transparency at the Federal Reserve. Representative Ron Paul (R-Tx) and Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) write that increased transparency would, among…

  • Fed, Treasury Sued For Bush-Era Documents

    Judicial Watch has sued the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department for documents pertaining to actions and meetings that occured in 2008, when the economy was in an apparent free-fall. Both agencies have failed to…

  • Arguments Heard in Reverse-FOIA Action

    The U.S. Court of Appeals heard arguments in a reverse-FOIA case on Monday that involved documents submitted to the government by United Technologies. The blog of the Legal Times has this on the case. For…

  • Alaska Still Blocking Palin E-mails

    The state of Alaska is still blocking access to it's former Governer, Sarah Palin's official emails. The Anchorage Daily News has more.

  • Gates Uses New Law to Block Detainee Photos

    Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has used a new law to block the release of detainee photographs in a brief recently filed at the Supreme Court according to Truthout. If the Supreme Court signs off…

  • Large Charge Brings FOIA Lawsuit

    The Treasury Department's bill of over $500,000 to respond to a FOIA request concerning the once-frozen assets of a Libyan company has brough unforeseen consequences to the Department of Treasury, a lawsuit. The Treasury Department…

  • Government Drops Appeal on Some Documents in Telecom Immunity Case

    In October, the government sought a stay to decide if it would appeal a court order that it should release documents about the Telecom industry's lobbying effort to get retroactive immunity on warrantless surveillance. Now…

  • 20 Years Later, CIA Answers FOIA Request

    "It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play." "The Beatles" And now the FOIA version -- The CIA has released documents in a FOIA request 20 years after the…

  • Fed Files Appeal on Disclosure Order

    According to Bloomberg News, the Federal Reserve has filed an appeal in the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on the FOIA case that ordered it to release information on banks that got emergency…