Wednesday, March 11, 2015

New CRS Report: Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114 th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis



 “Both the House and Senate are currently considering legislation that would make substantive changes to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FOIA was originally enacted in 1966 and has been amended numerous times since—most recently in 2009. FOIA provides the public with a presumptive right to access agency records, limited by nine exemptions that allow agencies to withhold certain types or categories of records."

“ While these bills address a number of similar topics, often in similar ways, there are substantive differences between them.”

Daniel Richardson and Wendy Ginsberg discuss current FOIA legislation in their new CRS Report: Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114 th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis.  

Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat

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