The FOIA can be used by more than journalists and lawyers, though. Anyone can file a FOIA request. Here’s how you do just that and what you can—and often can’t— find out from one.

Documents requested from Richmond's government under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) could become a lot more accessible ...

For example, if you click “Making a FOIA Request,” the page tells you it’s important to consider several things when preparing a FOIA request: any procedural requirements laid out by the statute and ...

A blank copy of Saginaw County's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request form. Though many public bodies have specific forms for citizens to use to request records, Michigan law merely requires ...

(For information on drafting a FOIA request on behalf of a state or local government, see Drafting a Federal FOIA Request in the Fall 2022 issue of Practical Law the Journal.) ...

The example of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency's handling of the MiDAS requests is by no means an extreme one in terms of how long it takes to obtain state records through FOIA.

PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Two identical open-record requests into a teacher/coach accused of sexual misconduct yielded two very different responses from the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district over ...

Avelo’s CEO told CT's attorney general he can see the airline’s deportation contract — if he submits a Freedom of Information Act request.

BuzzFeed News and journalist Jason Leopold brought a lawsuit against the FBI on Friday for inadequately responding to a Freedom of Information Act request on Andrew Breitbart, the Wrap reported ...