The WSJ used Freedom of Information Act requests to get hold of documents which seem to provide an explanation: email correspondence suggests that Google was unable to satisfy the Coast Guard’s ...

Compounding that, here in New York, our state public records law, the 50-year old Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), is basically broken. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

Freedom of Information laws in the six Western Balkan countries may look robust, but public institutions all too often find ways to obstruct transparency, a new BIRN report has found.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers unanimously approved a law on Friday giving citizens the right to demand public information, a move many hope will restore transparency and ...

Often Freedom of Information Acts and Public Records Acts are seen as fulfilling broader First Amendment values, by facilitating speech about how the government operates. But in Thursday’s Roe v.

The legal world of the European Space Agency (ESA) is a strange one. The organization, founded in 1975, is governed by its Convention, a 130-page document that outlines not only the space agency's ...

Rita turned to the country’s 12-year-old Freedom of Information (FOI) law to seek answers. “I wanted to find out whether it is true that the disabled community is not being supported and what had been ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The highly anticipated Freedom of Information (FOI) law will be tabled in Parliament by the middle of next year, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. Read full story ...

Automation has wreaked havoc with government processes here and overseas, and freedom of information laws have been key to exposing it. But with the rise of AI, our laws need modernising.

The nonprofit Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will explore these transparency issues and protection of First Amendment rights at its annual conference Friday, Sept. 13, in Austin.

KUALA LUMPUR: The highly anticipated Freedom of Information (FOI) law will be tabled in Parliament by the middle of next year, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.