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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressOpinion

It’s time for Congress to reform FOIA. Here’s how RCFP would do it.

A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.
New York Post

NIH ‘FOIA Lady’ who taught Fauci adviser how to ‘make emails disappear’ will plead the Fifth to House COVID subpoena

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) public liaison for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests — who taught a senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci how to “make emails disappear” — is refusing to ...
The Macomb Daily

FOIA requests to Macomb County have skyrocketed

Macomb County government attorneys have been flooded with a “tsunami” of Freedom of Information Act requests that the top lawyer partially attributed to “political turmoil and a general distrust in ...
Gizmodo

Judge Rules FOIA Requests for DOGE Must Be Expedited

"The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions…requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities. That is especially so given the secrecy with which USDS has operated." Reading time 4 ...
JD Supra

Unpacking Averages: Exploring New Data on FDA Responses to FOIA Requests

Federal agencies in health care publish large amounts of data, and my posts typically analyze that data. To provide more value to readers, I’ve started submitting FOIA requests for unpublished data to ...
The Real News Network

CNN made FOIA request about DOGE—only to learn FOIA staff was fired

When CNN put in a Freedom of Information Act request with the Office of Personnel Management for information related to security clearances for billionaire Elon Musk and other personnel at the ...

Candace Owens claims FBI rejected FOIA request seeking Kash Patel's travel records; agency responds

Candace Owens accused the FBI of rejecting a FOIA request seeking Kash Patel's travel records for September 2025. The FBI has ...