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.
Blawg Related Categories: Administrative Law • Government Law • Media & Communications Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from The FOIA Blog
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Court Rules Postal Investigator Names Must Be Released
United States District Court Judge John Bates for the District of Columbia has ruled that Postal Investigators who were investigating identity fraud must be disclosed. The main reason for the Court's finding is that the…
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More on White House Visitor List Release
The Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press has this on the White House Visitor List Release. More releases are expected in the near future.
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Class Action FOIA Complaint Filed
The Pearl Project Center for Public Ingtegrity has filed a class action FOIA complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the policy of the FBI/EOUSA/DOJ to require either a privacy…
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White House Releases Visitor Lists
The White House made its firs release of its visitor lists today according to the Huffington Post, which includes a link to the list.
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Detainee Photo Battle Ends
MSNBC is reporting that President Obama has signed the bill that exempts the detainee photo battle from release under the photo. There is good and bad in this. In my opinion, the bad is that…
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FOIA Ombuds(wo)man Discusses Plans for Office
OMB Watch has this article highlighting the Office of Government Information Services Director's plans for the Office. Better known as the FOIA Ombudsman, Miriam Nisbet is reaching out to the FOIA community as she starts…
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Welcome to My World, Old Media
Both CBS News and the Washington Times have articles complaining about FOIA requests and the lack of access granted by various agencies. I can't argue with the fact that agencies mishandled these requests. It would,…
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Office of Government Information Service Open For Business
The Department of Justice has announced that the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of Government Information Services is now up and running. The Office, better known as the FOIA Ombudsman's Office created by Congress…
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Music to Torture By?
The Washington Post reports on a FOIA request by the National Security Archive seeking a list of the music played to detainees at Guantanamo Bay. A group of musicians have signed a letter on behalf…
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Washington Post Fed FOIA Editiorial
The Washington Post has this editorial on the Fed and its ongoing FOIA lawsuit with Bloomberg. I think they come out on behalf of the plaintiff in the FOIA lawsuit, but after numerous readings of…