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House Passes FOIA Reform Bill

The House of Representatives has passed the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014. The bill would strengthen the Office of Government Information Services, require agencies to update their FOIA regulations, and mandate the use of a single, free website for submitting FOIA requests and appeals and receiving information about the status of the FOIA request. The bill would also require that agencies seeking to withhold information under one of the FOIA's exemptions demonstrate that there would be a "specific identifiable harm," tied to the purpose of the exemption, if disclosure occurred. The bill does not address several key transparency community proposals, including recommendations to limit the use of exemptions and to make it easier to track legislative proposals for new FOIA exemptions. The Senate is currently considering a similar bill. For more information see: EPIC: Open Government.


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