FOIA Advisor

06/13/2024

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/6/8/foia-news-omb-issues-final-foia-regulations

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has finalized its FOIA regulations following a notice-and-comment period, per a final rule published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2024. The rule is effective on July 10, 2024.

06/13/2024

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/6/11/foia-news-irs-defends-use-of-biometric-verification-for-online-foia-filers

IRS defends use of biometric verification for online FOIA filers By Rebecca Heilweil, FedScoop , June 10, 2024 A few years ago, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it had begun using the identity credential service ID.me for taxpayers to access various online tools. At some point bet

06/03/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/6/1/commentary-oips-summary-of-2019-agency-reports

06/03/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/6/2/foia-news-dc-circuit-skeptical-of-need-for-clinton-deposition

04/05/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/4/4/foia-news-fbi-now-accepting-foia-requests-via-portal

A note on the FBI’s FOIA website indicates that requests may be submitted through its eFOIA portal or by standard mail. On March 17, 2020, the FBI announced that it was suspending its eFOIA portal due to the coronavirus outbreak.

04/05/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/4/3/foia-news-icymi-crs-surveys-agencies-for-covis-19-impact

The Congress Research Service published a report last week that identified thirteen agencies whose FOIA processing had been affected by the pandemic.

04/05/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/4/2/foia-news-ogis-encourages-agency-use-of-estimated-dates-of-completion

Because COVID-19 is likely to delay agency FOIA responses, the Office of Government Information Services has encouraged agencies to provide an estimated date of completion upon request. See full blog post here .

03/18/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/3/17/qampa-fbi-suspends-use-of-foia-portal-due-to-virus

The FBI will not accept requests or send responses through its “eFOIPA” portal due to the Coronauvirus pandemic, according to an announcement on the agency’s web page. Requests will be accepted only via standard mail.

03/18/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/3/17/foia-news-oip-publishes-2019-foia-litigation-and-compliance-report

2019 FOIA LITIGATION AND COMPLIANCE REPORT NOW AVAILABLE Office of Information Policy , Mar. 17, 2020 This week, the Office of Information Policy (OIP) posted the Department’s 2019 FOIA Litigation and Compliance Report.  In accordance with the FOIA, each year

03/11/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/3/11/foia-news-dhs-releases-foia-backlog-reduction-plan

Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security posted a Departmental FOIA Backlog Reduction Plan: 2020 - 2023 , which includes “five goals that lay out a sustainable course for containing and reducing the age of the backlog in the short-term, and sustainably lowering the size of the backlog over t...

03/11/2020

https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2020/3/10/foia-news-1