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The Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA / ˈfɔɪjə / 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 ...
Connecticut Freedom of Information Act Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 14 §§ 1–200 to 1-242 1975: Any person Delaware Delaware Freedom of Information Act Tit. 29, §§ 10001 to 10007; 10112 1977: Citizens of the state/commonwealth Florida Florida Sunshine Law Fla. Stat. §§ 119.01 to 119.19 1967: Any person Georgia
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.
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.
The California Public Records Act (Statutes of 1968, Chapter 1473; currently codified as Chapter 3.5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the California Government Code) was a law passed by the California State Legislature and signed by governor Ronald Reagan in 1968 requiring inspection or disclosure of governmental records to the public upon request, unless exempted by law.
t. e. The USA Freedom Act ( H.R. 2048, Pub. L. 114–23 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015, that restored and modified several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of telecommunication metadata on U.S. citizens by American intelligence agencies ...
The Illinois Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA / ˈfɔɪjə / 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 bodies".
t. e. The Government in the Sunshine Act ( Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies. It is one of a number of Freedom of Information Acts, intended ...
The Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) ( German: Öffentlichkeitsgesetz, BGÖ, French: Loi sur la transparence, LTrans, Italian: Legge sulla trasparenza, LTras ), is a Swiss federal law that guarantees the right of access to information held by federal authorities in Switzerland. [1] It was adopted on 17 December 2004 by the Federal Assembly and ...
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities. It is the implementation of freedom of information legislation in the United Kingdom on a national level. Its application is limited in Scotland (which has its own ...