In recent years, the federal government has seen a sharp rise in the volume and complexity of Freedom of Information Act requests, creating an overwhelming challenge for government agencies. In fiscal ...

Morens is a former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases senior advisor A former federal health official is ...

Two top House Democrats on Tuesday filed a demand for access to information at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, citing a “troubling” lack of transparency. The ranking members of the ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has implemented widespread workforce reductions in federal agencies as part of a broader push to downsize government operations. HHS said it is ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows anyone to obtain records of federal agencies, even if they are not U.S. citizens. The requests to access these documents are commonly known ...

The Privacy Act outlines the responsibilities of federal agencies to safeguard the privacy of personally identifiable information (PII) contained within agency ...

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is demanding to know how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to comply with ...

Welcome back to another edition of FOIA Files. Just a month into Trump’s second presidency, the FOIA has made its way into the swirling, political chaos. The administration’s mass firings of federal ...

The Justice Department issued new Freedom of Information Act guidelines on Monday, underscoring the need to have a “presumption of openness.” The release came at the beginning of the annual Sunshine ...

Federal contractors often face unique challenges when their work intersects with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). While FOIA primarily governs federal agencies, contractors can be indirectly ...

In the past few weeks, the explosive contents of an email sent by former chief medical adviser and COVID guru Anthony Fauci, discussing the possible origins of COVID-19, have come to light. That email ...