Boasting wide, bipartisan support from Michiganders, transparency in government runs on the behind-the-scenes, often ...

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office found that while Freedom of Information Act requests have decreased in the wake of the pandemic, FOIA backlogs have disproportionately ...

“We’re at the tipping point,” said David Cuillier, the director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida, which researches and advocates for the process of acquiring ...

The government says the number and complexity of requests hit a record high in 2025.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. announced on August 9, 2022, that Chief Deputy City Attorney Alex Betton will lead the newly aligned FOIA Division. He also ordered an overhaul of the city's ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Ever had trouble paying a Freedom of Information Act request? A new executive directive signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer will require all State of Michigan departments to ...

EASTON — A petition by First Selectman David Bindelglass to dismiss a series of Freedom of Information requests as "vexatious" has received a thumbs down from the head of Connecticut's FOI Commission.

This story has been updated with additional information regarding Virginia's Freedom of Information Act. The Loudoun County Office of Elections has been slammed with a record number of Freedom of ...