The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Northeastern Division, held that FOIA Exemptions 7(A) and 7(E) protect from disclosure the IRS guidance on examining Employee Retention ...

The PAC recently issued a non-binding opinion, finding a school district did not waive the attorney-client privilege where prior disclosures of the requested records were mandated by state law. At ...

In an era when fact and fiction intermingle like a Quentin Tarantino film, Connecticut lawmakers are proposing to make it even harder for residents to decipher reality. One of their proposals is ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that could allow many records detailing the ...

On 23 July 2025 the Supreme Court handed down a judgment confirming the approach public authorities should take when deciding whether to disclose information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ...

Over the past decade I've submitted hundreds of records requests to federal agencies through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). I've written extensively about the law, taught college students how ...

Freedom of the press is important to those who have chosen to be journalists and serve as the people's watchdogs in America for almost 250 years. Many feel that the First Amendment is in peril. Trust ...

In November 2024, Elon Musk posted on social media, "There should be no need for [Freedom of Information Act] requests. All government data should be default public for maximum transparency." His ...

At a meeting of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act Advisory Council last month, the panel’s chairman held a brainstorming session on pressing FOIA issues. Two dramatically different viewpoints ...