With FOIA backlogs on the rise, do agencies need direct-hire authority?
A draft report being finalized by the FOIA Advisory Committee finds that many agencies are struggling to hire and retain FOIA professionals.
A draft report being finalized by the FOIA Advisory Committee finds that many agencies are struggling to hire and retain FOIA professionals.
The FOIA backlog has been on a steady rise since 2015.
Agency public information officers can take advantage of setting estimated dates of completion to identify unwanted pages and speed up processing times.
The Freedom of Information Act might be best known as a way for journalists and public interest groups to get information about the operations of government. But it can also be a tool for companies to get confidential information about their competitors. Safeguarding that information has gotten more complicated in the last few years. Because the state of the law around the FOIA exemption that applies to things like trade secrets, it’s all in flux.