Freedom of Information Act

  • EPIC’s Davisson Testifies in Congress on JFK Records Privacy Breach

    April 1, 2025

    The disclosure, which broke from normal screening procedures used by the National Archives, caused the release of hundreds of Social Security numbers of people named in the records who are still living.

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government Databases

    • Open Government

    • Updates

  • Is OPM More Interested in Surveillance than Privacy? Our Lawsuit Is Trying to Answer That 

    March 19, 2025

    For 30 years, FOIA has been one of EPIC’s most valuable tools for holding government accountable to the people. In this post, we will look at EPIC’s latest FOIA lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to understand why EPIC filed this case and how the information we seek will lead to meaningful accountability. 

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Open Government

    • Workplace Privacy

    • Analysis

  • As Above Doesn’t Have to Be Below: States Should Be a Counterweight to Eroding Federal Transparency

    March 18, 2025

    We face a crisis of institutional legitimacy across the federal government. States can preserve and enhance democracy by acting as a valuable counterweight to the breakdown of federal transparency measures and implement much needed reform.

    • Access to Information

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Open Government

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Analysis

  • Rays-ing the Bar for Sunshine Week 2025

    March 17, 2025

    • Access to Information

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Federal Advisory Committee Act

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Open Government

    • Privacy Impact Assessments

    • Updates

  • BREAKING: EPIC Sues OPM for Records on OPM’s Information Security and Employee Privacy Practices 

    March 3, 2025

    Last Friday, EPIC sued the Office of Personnel Management under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) after the agency failed to respond to EPIC’s requests for records concerning OPM’s information security and worker privacy practices. 

    • Data Protection

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Open Government

    • Updates

  • EPIC v. OPM (Information Security Violations)

    March 3, 2025

    • Data Protection

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Open Government

    • FOIA Cases

  • FedScoop: Generative AI could raise questions for federal records laws 

    April 22, 2024

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government AI Use

    • Open Government

    • News

  • Here Comes the Sun(shine Week): Celebrating Some EPIC Open Government Wins

    March 14, 2024

    In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC is highlighting some open government successes from the past year.

    • Access to Information

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Databases

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Open Government

    • Privacy Impact Assessments

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Analysis

  • DHS Releases Data Mining Report After EPIC FOIA Request

    January 2, 2024

    DHS publicly released the 2021 Data Mining Report after EPIC submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in June 2023 seeking the “2020 DHS Data Mining Report and all subsequent DHS data mining reports.”

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government Databases

    • Open Government

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • New EPIC Report Delves into State AI Procurement

    September 14, 2023

    Across the country, state and local agencies are outsourcing important government decisions to private companies and their AI tools—all without meaningful public input or oversight.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government AI Use

    • Open Government

    • Updates