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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.
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill passes the House giving federal workers who get injured on the job better access to workers' compensation.
DHS gets the most FOIA requests out of any federal agency, and most of them are related to immigration records.
The Administrative Conference of the United States is concerned with how federal agencies carry out laws, so it launched a study to examine disclosure rules of agency legal activities.
The inspectors general for two intelligence agencies were each overpaid by tens of thousands of dollars between 2016 and 2020.
The new guidance emphasizes a "presumption of openness," but agencies continue to struggle to process FOIA requests and make a dent in the backlog.
DHS's privacy chief wants to make privacy less of an afterthought by designing systems with technologies to protect the confidentiality and integrity of information in the first place.
In today's Federal Newscast, immigration judges would no longer be part of the Justice Department, if a bill introduced in the House passes.
Freedom of Information Act requests are on the rise. Rising faster are instances of federal agencies turning them down.
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies are reporting widespread processing delays for Freedom of Information Act requests during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This panel explores the range of data practices and strategies needed for today’s policy and compliance environment.
In today's Federal Newscast, two House Democrats are introducing their own legislation that would give retirees a higher cost-of-living adjustment next year.
The rush to mandatory telework in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic laid bare the state of agencies’ investment — or lack thereof — in IT infrastructure. That same lesson holds true for agency…
In today's Federal Newscast, the Bureau of Land Management said it will offer both early-outs and buyouts to parts of its workforce.