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  • Annual FOIA Reports to be Issued in Machine-Readable Format

    Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 06:45

    The Department of Justice has asked all agencies to post their FOIA Annual Reports in Machine-Readable Format.  This is the Department of Justice's proposal to OMB's Open Government Directive of December 8, 2009.  Whil...

  • DOJ Lists Kosher Exemption 3 Statutes

    Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 13:34 in exemption 3

    The Department of Justice has compiled a list of statutes found to qualify under Exemption 3 of the FOIA.  This is helpful to anyone doing research on these issues.  And I am personally on the list (it was actually a favorable decis...

  • DOJ Criticized For Closing FOIA Meeting to the Public

    Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 06:55

    The Department of Justice was criticized in the Washington Post for keeping the public out of a training meeting it held with FOIA liasions.  They have now released the powerpoint of the presentation given to the attendees at the me...

  • OMB Issues Open Government Directive

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 10:58

    Secrecy News has this link to the Office of Managent and Budget's Open Government Directive which tells agencies steps they need to take in setting up various open government activities.  While these are not FOIA activities, they do have a...

  • Opinions on Detainee Photo Issue

    Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 07:04

    The New York Times and the Las Vegas Review-Journal both ran editorials panning President Obama and his administration's actions on the detainee photo issue. While I believe the end result was the wrong result, I do not believe that the President...

  • IU Beats Purdue In Open Records Bowl

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 13:01

    Indiana University has beaten Purdue in responding to similar requests under the Indiana Public Records Act according to the Purdue Exponent.  I'm sure most of my readers could care less about this, but since I am a proud Indiana alum...

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