Category «Freedom of Information»

Seeking Bypass: What Will Ultimately End Confidence in the Necessity of Parental Involvement Laws?

Public interest law advocate Diana Philip’s commentary focuses specifically on the multifaceted, complex and challenging issues that encompass the dichotomy between reproductive health care and rights available to adult pregnant women and pregnant minors. Diana’s position includes references to seminal legal cases as well as to selected scholarly literature in the field of juvenile reproductive health.

Subjects: Free Speech, Freedom of Information

FOIA Facts: The Detainee Photo Issue – Is it What it Seems?

Scott A. Hodes comments on the Obama administrations’ decision to continue to fight the release of detainee photos.

Subjects: FOIA Facts, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Legal Research

FOIA Facts: What Now?

Now that both the President and Attorney General have weighed in with FOIA Memorandum, Scott A. Hodes provides us with the procedural steps that will result within agencies, and the effect the memos will have on the nine FOIA exemptions.

Subjects: FOIA Facts, Freedom of Information, Legal Research

FOIA Facts: New FOIA Provisions Take Effect

Scott A. Hodes discusses two sections (Section 6 and 7) of the OPEN Government Act of 2007 that just went into effect, and the problems that will be encountered by requesters trying to use them to their advantage.

Subjects: Freedom of Information

FOIA Facts: Sources for FOIA Training

Scott A. Hodes comments on the limited availability of training in this critical area, and identifies providers in the private and public sectors.

Subjects: Freedom of Information

FOIA Facts: Expanding the FOIA

Scott A. Hodes highlights the recent introduction of legislation that would eliminate the FOIA shield for the Smithsonian Institute, and the continued lack of transparency when dealing with other federal agencies.

Subjects: Columns, FOIA Facts, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Legal Research

FOIA Facts: My Proposals for the FOIA

Following up on the passage earlier this year of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, FOIA expert Scott A. Hodes make two proposals absent from the law, but which would help FOIA requesters.

Subjects: Columns, Congress, FOIA Facts, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Legal Research

FOIA Facts: The Impact of the OPEN Government Act of 2007

Now that Congress has passed and the President has signed the FOIA Amendments known as the OPEN Government Act of 2007, many wonder what the new law does and doesn’t do for FOIA requesters. Scott A. Hodes reviews the major provisions of the new law and how it will or won’t affect FOIA requesters.

Subjects: FOIA Facts, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Legal Research

FOIA Facts – FOIA Litigation: When A Loss Isn’t Always A Loss

According to Scott A. Hodes, bringing a FOIA case often results in a more timely release of information, more information being released then the agency would have released if it wasn’t in litigation and more information going to the requester about agency decisions and withheld documents.

Subjects: E-Government, FOIA Facts, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Legal Research

FOIA – Social Security Administration presentations

This set of presentations is from the Social Security Administration, obtained by an LLRX.com reader, via a FOIA request. It was developed as a top-level summary type internal briefing for SSA managers on FOIA.

Subjects: Freedom of Information

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