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OGIS Publishes FOIA Compliance Self-Assessment

National Archives Records Express

This is cross-posted from The FOIA Ombudsman. The latest Records Management Self-Assessment (RMSA) shows that the COVID-19 pandemic remained a challenge for agencies in 2021, and that top agency FOIA and records management officers are increasingly working together.

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What are the Growing Challenges with Public Records/FOIA Requests?

eDiscovery Daily

Complexity of Data : Some requests involve extensive research and the retrieval of various data types, especially with new applications for communicating, making fulfillment time-consuming and resource-intensive. The post What are the Growing Challenges with Public Records/FOIA Requests? appeared first on CloudNine.

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How eDiscovery Technology and Workflows Speed Public Records Requests Response

eDiscovery Daily

By Rick Clark In the two separate worlds of legal processes and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/public records requests, eDiscovery technology and standard workflows have emerged as powerful ways to streamline operations and ensure compliance. Search and review processes are central to both FOIA requests and eDiscovery workflows.

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Preventing FOIA Disputes

Archives Blogs

In addition to providing services that help Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requesters and Federal agencies in resolving disputes, one of the goals of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is to prevent FOIA disputes from arising in the first place. OGIS is the Federal FOIA Ombudsman.

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UK: A recent prosecution for a criminal offence under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 illustrates how forgiving our Data Protection Act 2018 is

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 11 March 2020, the ICO brought its first successful conviction under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“ FOIA ”). A clerk at Whitchurch Town Council admitted to the criminal offence of blocking records with the intention of preventing disclosure, in breach of section 77 of FOIA. Facts of the matter.

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CISA: “We don’t stab the wounded.”

Data Matters

She added that mandatory reports required by CIRCIA will not be subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disclosure obligations.

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Open Records Requests 101

Gimmal

The United States did not officially have an open records law on a national level until 1966 when the Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted. FOIA, for example, lists nine exceptions and several exclusions; some states have far more. Many other countries have their versions of open records laws, as do all 50 states.

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