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Freedom of Information Act - FOIA
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
Support Letter for NDAA Leahy Amendment to Fix FOIA Exemption
November 17, 2011
POGO opposes false and misleading DOJ FOIA amendment
October 19, 2011
POGO and Partners Urge Senate to Fix the DoD Secrecy Provision On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we are writing to urge you to oppose an over-broad and ill-defined provision relating to “critical infrastructure information,” in Section 1044 of the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 1254, that could prevent the public from having access to critical health and security information.
August 15, 2011
Openness Groups Denounce House Republican Leadership Decision to Erase Progress on Bipartisan FOIA Legislation
July 26, 2011
House Oversight Committee Should Commemorate the 45th Anniversary of FOIA by Passing the Faster FOIA Act
June 24, 2011
Amendments to Defense Budget Will Hold Pentagon More Accountable; POGO Urges Senate to Follow Suit
May 27, 2011
POGO Calls on Congress to Amend Defense Budget to Protect the Public’s Right to Know, Cut Wasteful Spending
May 25, 2011
Federal Agencies Blocking FOIA Requests with 'Exemptions Gone Wild,' POGO Tells Congressional Panel
March 17, 2011
Podcast: Now It's "Personal": The Case of Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T Inc. POGO staffers Keith Rutter, Scott Amey, and Bryan Rahija sit down to discuss a Supreme Court case that could expand the definition of corporate "personhood."
January 27, 2011
POGO Opposes "Personal Privacy" FOIA Exemption for Corporations
November 17, 2010
POGO Joins Letter Voicing Concern About Public Access to Critical Information in Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010
October 20, 2010
Rep. Issa Challenges SEC on FOIA Exemptions
August 9, 2010
Groups Challenge SEC Chair Schapiro’s Claims on Secrecy
August 3, 2010
Groups Call on Congress to Remove SEC Secrecy Measure
August 3, 2010
Did Congress Just Exempt the SEC from FOIA?
July 29, 2010
A Win for Transparency in Financial Reform
June 18, 2010
Groups Urge Financial Regulatory Conferees to Ensure Public Access to Disclosures on Financial Fraud
June 2, 2010
POGO Submits FOIA Request for Minerals Management Service Documents POGO has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents from the Minerals Management Service (MMS) Solicitor's Office.
May 27, 2010
POGO Requests Concealed Contractor Information
April 21, 2010
POGO's FAPIIS Fee Waiver Request
April 21, 2010
POGO Joins Coalition Supporting The Faster FOIA Act
March 17, 2010
POGO Updates FOIA Resources Page
August 26, 2009
Court Orders IRS to Comply with 30-Year-Old FOIA Request
June 17, 2008
Congress Needs to Learn a Little Openness Itself
March 13, 2008
POGO and other organizations urge Senate to pass legislation to improve Freedom of Information Act
August 3, 2007
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
August 31, 2005
Groups Urge Funding for Secrecy Oversight Board
May 3, 2005
Sunshine Week - Open Government Experts Available
March 14, 2005
DHS Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
January 25, 2005
Sample Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Letter
April 28, 2004
Related Resources
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Issues for the 111th Congress
, Congressional Research Service, Report R40766
August 12, 2009
FOIA Post: OIP Guidance: President Obama's FOIA Memorandum and Attorney General Holder's FOIA Guidelines; Creating a "New Era of Open Government"
, US. Department of Justice; Office of Information Policy
April 17, 2009
Memorandum For Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies; The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Eric Holder, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
March 19, 2009
Memorandum For Heads of Departments and Agencies on the President's Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government - Interagency Collaboration
John P. Holdren, Assistant to the Preseident for Science and Technology; Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Paul F. Prouty, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration, Executive Office of the President of the United States
February 24, 2009
White House Memorandum For The Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the Freedom of Information Act
President Barack Obama, The White House
January 21, 2009
Forty-two Open Government Groups Urge Congress to Resist Bush Attempt to Shut Down FOIA Office
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February 6, 2008
Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 2007
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March 14, 2007
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007
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March 14, 2007
POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian and Board Member David Burnham Named to the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame
, First Amendment Center
March 8, 2006
POGO & Others Urge Public Access to Katrina Contracting Information
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December 15, 2005
White House Issues Order
, The White House
December 14, 2005
Senator John Cornyn on FOIA and Open Government
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December 14, 2005
Cornyn, Leahy Introduce Bill to Promote Openness in Government
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February 10, 2005
U.S. Senator Cornyn on Open Government Issues
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February 10, 2005
Corrected Memorandum to Interested Persons: Intelligence bills give blanket FOIA exemption to all NID information
by Kate Martin, Center for National Security Studies
October 19, 2004
Freedom of Information Act Guide: "Reverse" FOIA
, Department of Justice
May 1, 2004
General Information Regarding FOIA
, Department of Justice
May 1, 2004
Senate Resolution 21
, U.S. Senate
February 14, 2001
POGO in the News
Justice rethinks planned changes to FOIA policy, Charles S. Clark, Government Executive (govexec.com), November 7, 2011
Senate Passes Faster Foia Bill Again Amid Growing Criticism, Channing Turner, Main Justice; Politics, Policy & the Law, August 2, 2011
Transparency Groups Assail House GOP Maneuver to Send Debt Bill to Senate, , FoxNews.com, July 27, 2011
Hill analysis: Agencies' FOIA responses seem to have no guide, Cristina Marcos, The Hill, June 3, 2011
Administration falling short on FOIA compliance, critics say, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, March 17, 2011
Repeal of FOIA exemption for SEC passes both houses of Congress, BusinessJournalism.org Staff, Reynolds Center, September 23, 2010
Congress repeals SEC exemption from FOIA, By Silla Brush, The Hill, September 23, 2010
Industry group fears publicizing contractor database could backfire, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, August 6, 2010
Reverse FOIA with a twist explained, With Tom Temin, Jane Norris and POGO's Mandy Smithberger, Federal News Radio, March 29, 2010
Obama gets mixed reviews on government ‘openness’, By Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor, March 19, 2009
Open government advocates applaud Obama’s FOIA memo, By Brendan McGarry, Federal Times, January 30, 2009
Obama gets down to business on 1st day, By Todd Spangler, Free Press And Associated Press, January 22, 2009
Members of Congress also wait on FOIA requests, by Daniel Friedman, Congress Daily, November 13, 2007
Bush Administration Ramps up Secrecy, by William Fisher, Atlantic Free Press.com, September 10, 2007
Groups push Senate for more open government, By Matthew Weigelt , fcw.com (Federal Computer Week), May 17, 2007
Reporting is not a crime: Conservatives should think twice about criminalizing journalism, By Jonathan H. Adler & Michael Berry, National Review, May 26, 2006
Executive Order: Improving Agency Disclosure of Information , , The White House, December 14, 2005
Response to FOIA requests varies significantly , by Kipp Lanham, The Hill, November 17, 2005
We need to pull back curtain on war, more , Editorial, Albuquerque Journal, November 3, 2005
Declassification Board: Named but Unfunded; Panel on Government Secrecy Unable to Operate, By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post, May 2, 2005
Secrecy Won't Make Us Safe, By Danielle Brian, SunshineWeek.org, March 11, 2005
