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EPIC Publishes 2013 FOIA Gallery, Highlights Documents Obtained Under Open Government Law
In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC has published the 2013 EPIC FOIA Gallery. The gallery highlights key documents obtained by EPIC in the past year, such as previously secret documents about cell phone traffic monitoring, domestic drones that identify human...
EPIC Asks Ombudsman to Investigate DHS FOIA Practices
EPIC has submitted a letter to the Office of Government Information Services, asking for an investigation into FOIA practices at the Department of Homeland Security. EPIC explained that the federal agency, which includes the TSA and the Bureau of Customs...
Coalition Urges Congress to Remove Cybersecurity FOIA Limitations
An open government coalition has asked House lawmakers to oppose provisions in "CISPA" that would cut off public access to information held by federal agencies. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act would allow the government to refuse to disclose...
EPIC Publishes 2012 FOIA Gallery
In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC published the EPIC FOIA Gallery: 2012. The gallery highlights key documents obtained by EPIC in the past year, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation's watch list guidelines, records of the Department of Homeland Security's...
Faster FOIA Act Moves Forward in Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved bipartisan legislation, cosponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-TX), to improve the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) processing. The Faster FOIA Act will create an advisory panel to examine agency backlogs...
EPIC: DHS Review of FOIA Requests is "Unlawful"
EPIC testified today before the House Oversight Committee hearing "Why Isn't The Department Of Homeland Security Meeting The President's Standard On FOIA?" The hearing examined the DHS's political review of open government requests. The DHS "Awareness" program singled out FOIA...
EPIC to Testify at House Oversight Hearing on FOIA
EPIC Senior Counsel John Verdi will testify before the House Oversight Committee on March 31, 2011 regarding Homeland Security’s political review of FOIA requests and the effects of the agency’s policies on requesters. The hearing arises as the AP reports...
EPIC Publishes 2011 FOIA Gallery
In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC published the EPIC FOIA Gallery: 2011. The gallery highlights key documents obtained by EPIC in the past year, including records detailing the privacy risks posed by airport body scanners, agency plans to expand the...
Chairman Issa Subpoenas Homeland Security Officials about FOIA Practices
Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued subpoenas to two Department of Homeland Security employees for depositions to take place on March 7 and March 8. Rep. Issa has undertaken an...
EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress to Pursue FOIA Oversight
EPIC and a coalition of over 30 organizations and open government experts sent a letter to Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, urging public hearings on the DHS policy of vetting...
FOIA Note #17 (February 7, 2011)
img { border:1px solid #021a40; } Internal Reports: FBI Scrawling Handwritten Changes on National Security Letters to Expand Surveillance, Evade Oversight Snapshot [click for full document] The Disclosure EPIC obtained internal reports of intelligence law violations that the Federal...
Chairman Issa Investigates "Political Review" Policy at Homeland Security
Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-CA), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has issued a letter to Secretary Janet Napolitano demanding that DHS release all documents regarding the agency's policy of vetting FOIA requests through political appointees....
DHS Releases FOIA Report, But Questions Remain
The Department of Homeland Security has released the Freedom of Information Act Report for 2010. The report analyzes the processing of FOIA requests made throughout the year by each DHS component, detailing the disposition of each request, response times, and...
EPIC Urges Investigation of White House FOIA Review Policy
In a letter (Appendix 1-6, 7-12, 13-18)sent today to the FOIA Ombudsman, EPIC recommended an investigation of the Department of Homeland Security’s policy of referring FOIA requests to political appointees in the White House. Under the DHS policy, political appointees...
EPIC Publishes 2010 Open Government Litigation Manual
EPIC's "Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws" is the standard reference work covering all aspects of the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and other related laws. The book include the complete texts of the relevant acts and...
Supreme Court to Review Freedom of Information Act Case Exempting Agency Documents from Public Disclosure
Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Milner v. Department of the Navy a case in which a federal appeals court allowed the Navy to withhold records sought under the Freedom of Information Act. At issue in the case is...
Senate Unanimously Passes Faster FOIA Act
The Senate unanimously passed the Faster FOIA Act of 2010, introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-TX), that will establish a 16-member commission to determine methods for reducing delays in processing FOIA requests. Government reports reveal substantial...
Faster FOIA Act Heading for Senate Vote
A bill to improve the speed at which the government processes requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), called the Faster FOIA Act of 2010, was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee late last week and has been reported...
EPIC Publishes 2010 FOIA Gallery
In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC published the EPIC FOIA Gallery: 2010. The gallery highlights key documents obtained by EPIC in the past year, including records detailing the privacy risks posed by airport body scanners, fraudulent "parental control" software, and...
EPIC Celebrates International Right to Know Day
Today, EPIC celebrates International Right to Know Day, which was established to raise awareness of every individual's right of access to government-held information. EPIC is speaking at American University's Third Annual International Right-To-Know Day Celebration concerning opportunities to restore US...
