When most people think about the Freedom of Information Act, they imagine journalists prying loose hidden facts or activists holding officials accountable. But FOIA is also a workhorse tool for ...

Boasting wide, bipartisan support from Michiganders, transparency in government runs on the behind-the-scenes, often invisible, work of public servants working for local municipalities. The Freedom of ...

Discover how to easily request EEOC records on employer discrimination through the FOIA. Simplify the process and access ...

The State Department is testing out the use of artificial intelligence for declassifying decades-old cables and helping members of the public pinpoint what they want in public records or through the ...

“….[W]e file Freedom of Information Act requests with government agencies, comb through industry reports, crunch numbers, and interview and photograph people out ...

The federal government is working to improve the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) — making it easier to access public records. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new FOIA guidelines in March, ...

A search tool was added Wednesday to the federal government’s website for Freedom of Information Act requests, a move intended to ease public efforts in finding commonly requested information. The ...

To another FOIA request about President Biden’s plan to spend billions to hire 87,000 new agents, the IRS initially claimed that there were no records at all. The agency in charge of collecting taxes ...

Gov. Sarah Sanders announces a special session to consider tax cuts and a rollback of public access to government information. Credit: Brian Chilson Arkansas government could be more efficient with a ...