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Modified Templates to Use When Submitting Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010 Supplemental Guidance for Preparation and Submission of Section XII of Agency Fiscal Year 2007 Annual FOIA Reports Summaries of New Decisions — August 2007
Michael Ravnitzky: “The new website, http://www.getmyfbifile.com provides a quick and easy way to request your FBI Files, if they exist, from FBI Headquarters as well as the various FBI Field Offices. Additional bonus features allow you to ask for files about you at other federal agencies including the CIA, DIA, NSA, the Secret Service, and …
DOJ FOIA Posts – Summaries of New Decisions — July 2007 (posted 10/11/2007)
Press release, October 5, 2007: “The Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission has released a report finding that the evidence did not substantiate allegations that two draft research reports of staff economists in the Commissions Media Bureau had been suppressed by senior managers at the Commission or that senior managers had ordered one of …
Criminal Justice Resources: Sex Offender Laws, by Ken Strutin The Veil Doctrine in Company Law, by Amin George Forji Congressional Budget Office Launches Topical Health Website, by George Butterfield Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Updated and Revised, by Sabrina I. Pacifici CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The Earmark Reality, by Paul Jenks The Government …
Press release: “In celebration of International Right to Know Day the National Security Archive’s Mexico Project is launching a new Web site dedicated to its Transparency and Freedom of Information Program. The Web site features a new publication on the week-long media initiative Mexico Abierto, which launched its first edition during the week of March …
DOJ Office of Information and Privacy, Privacy Summaries of New Decisions — June 2007: “Set out below are summaries of the court decisions that were received by OIP during the month of June 2007.”
“As announced previously by OIP [Office of Information Policy], we are now posting up-to-date summaries of new court decisions. To facilitate their review, each case is broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public service; due to their nature …
“In the past, although not required to do so under the FOIA, the Office of Information and Privacy (OIP) compiled summaries of the information contained in agency annual FOIA reports and made them publicly available. OIP is now resuming that practice starting with the annual FOIA reports for Fiscal Year 2006. Set forth below is …
Press release: “Today the National Security Archive publishes a collection of documents concerning the use of U.S. reconnaissance satellites to collect data on targets within the United States over the last four decades. This new publication follows the August 15, 2007, revelation in the Wall Street Journal that the United States is planning to expand …
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) – Office of Disclosure Can Improve Compliance With the Freedom of Information Act Requirements, August 31, 2007: “The IRS improperly withheld information from requestors in 4 (4.6 percent) of the 88 FOIA and Privacy Act cases sampled. This represents a small improvement from the results in our Fiscal …
Summaries of New Decisions — April 2007: “As part of OIP’s feature to provide up-to-date information on new court decisions, we have included below summaries of the court decisions that were decided in April 2007. OIP will continue to post monthly summaries until we are current. Thereafter, summaries of new court decisions will be posted …
