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.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Nations that have freedom of information (FOI) laws in place tend to have lower incidents of corruption than those with no similar laws, a new University of Missouri study found ...

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.

Freedom of information laws vary at the federal, state and municipal levels and are far from perfect. Requests may take years to fill and sometimes reveal little, particularly after redactions.

The Freedom of Information Law is outlined for New York City and State agencies in article 6 of the Public Officers Law. Federal Agencies are under the jurisdiction of the Freedom of Information Act.

Next to the keyboard and the telephone, there probably isn’t a more important tool in the journalist’s toolkit than the Freedom of Information Laws—the state and federal statutes that proclaim the ...

Over time, CT’s ground-breaking Freedom of Information Law has been eroded by dozens of ill-advised exemptions that harm the public’s right to know by Michele Jacklin April 26, 2023 @ 12:01 am ...

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 ...

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.