A released parent letter obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request to the School District of Altoona is raising ...

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Freedom of Information Act. FOIA, and its statewide versions, have ...

As backlogs grow, staffing shrinks and requests languish for years, journalists say records often arrive too late to hold ...

Residents are beginning to question why the city council is discussing so many items in secret and demanding more information ...

Requests must be written and clearly describe the records being sought.

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.

Researching whether a record is public beforehand saves time that you’d otherwise spend waiting for a response from the agency. Before making a request, research the agency’s jurisdiction to assess ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond has officially launched a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) platform, saying it will speed up the FOIA process and increase city transparency. One of those ...

While at least one source, a State Department legal opinion posted on April 21, 2026, does use the phrase "at the request of" Israel, other documents, such as a March 10 letter to the United Nations, ...

Democracy Forward on Tuesday filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records on the State Department’s new bathroom policy. A memo titled “Updates Regarding Biological Sex and Intimate Spaces, ...