FOIA

DHS Should Take Steps to Improve FOIA Cost Reporting and Eliminate Duplicate Processing, November 2014 GAO Report

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) processing responsibilities are split between the department’s Privacy Office,…

November 27, 2015

Ensuring Transparency through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Congressional Hearings – 06/02/2015

According to the U.S. Government: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right to…

June 4, 2015

Agency Records Retention Schedules and Declassification Guides

Every federal agency has a records retention schedule which stipulates how long certain records are kept by the agency.  These…

February 26, 2015

The Black Vault References in Official Documents

For fun, I thought it would be interesting to see if, at all, the United States Government or Military references…

February 26, 2015

DoD Document Collections

Background The following 18 CD-ROMs were created by the DoD, when they transferred their FOIA Reading Room to their online…

February 25, 2015