The Virginian-Pilot asked seven Hampton Roads cites for copies of their logs of all Freedom of Information Act requests they received last year. Some cities turned over the unredacted records for free ...

The FBI has yet to account for 2,500 pages of potentially releasable documents sought by two journalists under the Freedom of Information Act, according to a lawyer for the pair.

The students are learning that the federal government and every state have laws establishing the public’s right to request and receive public records. It’s a bedrock principle of democracy: If a ...

More Americans are filing Freedom of Information Act requests than ever, topping 1.5 million in 2024 and on track for another ...

Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices.

The city of Grand Rapids is currently being sued by the ACLU of Michigan for violating the Freedom of Information Act for taking nearly a year to respond to a request that the Grand Rapids Police ...

According to The Boston Globe, government lawyers for at least 13 agencies have blamed workforce reductions in 26 separate FOIA lawsuits for missing deadlines to turn over documents. That tally, the ...

The US Marshal Service shows it holds over 28,988 BTC, per a newly released FOIA response. This stash is now worth more than $3.4 billion and has not been sold in recent public auctions. In a newly ...

The growing town northeast of Columbia forfeited control over its public records, leaving the public with hefty fines for ...