Freedom of Information Act

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/9/2022
  

  Ernie Lazar, Who Amassed Archive of FBI Documents, Dies at 77

  "Through sheer perseverance and patience, Mr. Lazar became a kind of Zen master of the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, a provision enacted in 1967 that allowed the public a centralized way to request unclassified government material."

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  4/18/19
  

  Redactions: The Declassified File

  The release of the redacted Mueller report today focuses new public attention on the systemic problem of over-classification. Here are some classic examples of U.S. government over-zealousness in applying a figurative Magic Marker to information that was already public or should be public.

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• SOURCE: AP
  4/16/19
  

  Redaction nation: US history brims with partial deletions

  The released Mueller Report will likely be highly redacted. Here's the history behind those black marks. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/13/19
  

  The government effort to make FOIA “as bad as possible”

  by Nate Jones

  The Department of Justice's historical effort to weaken the Freedom Of Information Act and why Congress must strengthen the law. 

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  7-1-16
  

  The Freedom of Information Act is 50 years old

  Fifty years ago on July 4, 1966, Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Freedom of Information Act while vacationing at his Texas ranch. But he hated the concept.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6-24-14
  

  Congress may be ready to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act

  The Senate bill comes after the House unanimously passed its own bipartisan FOIA reform bill.