In January 2025, I received a response to a Freedom of Information Act request I’d sent to Immigration and Customs ...

A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.

A bill that would have charged some people high fees to secure records from California public agencies was scaled back.

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A Haring Township man recently was ordered to pay the township’s legal fees in defending against a FOIA-related lawsuit he filed.

Gov. Tim Walz is seeking documents under the federal Freedom of Information Act that could reveal retribution against ...

In a press release from the Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, the governor's office said it ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday his office filed 16 Freedom of Information Act requests with federal agencies in an ...

The Pentagon has released documents on UFO investigations, but key details remain classified, sparking ongoing debates about ...

Welcome to the Council on Environmental Quality’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requester Service Center. This center was created in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and Executive ...

If the key to good government is transparency, I’m afraid we are in the age of governmental opacity. Officials in both ...

For many Americans, taxes (and the stress they can bring) are mostly a seasonal concern. But what happens if you sit down in April to file your taxes, only to learn that someone else had already filed ...