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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈ f ɔɪ j ə / FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or uncirculated information and documents controlled by the U.S. government upon request. The act defines agency records subject to ...
Freedom of information in the United States relates to the public's ability to access government records, meetings, and other information. In the United States, freedom of information legislation exists at all levels of government: federal level, state level, and local level.
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
An important legal decision relating to the New York State Freedom of Information Law (“NYFOIL”) was released this past week in Westchester, which should place local governments on notice...
Website. www .reclaimtherecords .org. Reclaim The Records is a non-profit organization and activist group that advocates for greater transparency and accessibility for genealogical, archival, and vital records in the United States. They use state Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits to force government agencies, archives, and libraries ...
Freedom of information (or information freedom) also refers to the protection of the right to freedom of expression with regard to the Internet and information technology. Freedom of information may also concern censorship in an information technology context, i.e. the ability to access Web content , without censorship or restrictions .
BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport officials are looking to improve how the city handles Freedom of Information requests, and have called on the City Attorney's Office to initiate a new FOI program to ...
The Nassau County police did not respond. Suffolk County police said the information would have to be obtained through a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request.
Freedom of information legislation (Florida) The open government laws in Florida are focused on three areas: [1] Statutory public records ↓ (codified at Fla. Stat. secs. 119.01 to 119.15 (1995)), Statutory public meetings ↓ (the Florida Sunshine Law, codified at Fla. Stat. secs. 286.011 to 286.012 (1991)), Judicial access decisional law ↓.
The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈ f ɔɪ j ə / FOY-yə), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq., is an Illinois statute that grants to all persons the right to copy and inspect public records in the state. The law applies to executive and legislative bodies of state government, units of local government, and other entities defined as "public ...