Here’s what you need to know about filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request as an immigrant: This information is not a substitute for legal advice from a qualified attorney or accredited ...

I'm walking you through how I filed a FOIA request to see if Donald Trump truly declassified the documents involved in the Mar-a-Lago search. As a human rights lawyer, I wanted to find out if these ...

We are committed to being open, honest and accountable and do this by publishing all previous Freedom of Information (FOI) requests on our website. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives you the ...

Full, unpaywalled access to public records reporting is not only good for democracy, it can increase reader trust and bolster ...

As the government pushes public servants to use AI, this is the first time that FOI has been used to reveal how the government staff are already using the technology.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded a fine of N500, 000 against Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over its failure to grant a lawyer, Festus Onifade’s Freedom of Information (FoI) ...

Speechwriting with Copilot? FOI files show a senior official testing AI tools as the APS prepares for a government-wide ...

The right to know takes different forms at different levels of government. At the federal level, the Freedom of Information Act gives citizens a way to request government records.

A man who waited four years to get an answer to a Freedom of Information request from his local council described the delay as a "lack of accountability". Kevin Robinson-Hale asked what he said was a ...

Last year, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall supported a push to expand the state’s Freedom of Information Act. This year, he’s blocking it.

The Trump administration has reversed a Biden-era rule that expedited FOIA requests for information on polluters in low-income Black and Brown communities, making it harder for activists to fight for ...

At least half of London's boroughs have bought and deployed China-made surveillance systems linked to the abuse of Uighurs, ...