SUMMARY AND ASSESSMENT OF AGENCY 2020 CFO REPORTS ISSUED

DOJ/OIP, FOIA Post, Sept. 24, 2020

Today the Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to release its summary and assessment of agencies’ 2020 Chief FOIA Officer (CFO) Reports.  As in prior years, OIP’s summary and assessment focuses on steps agencies have taken to improve FOIA administration in five key areas addressed in the Department's FOIA Guidelines:

• Applying a Presumption of Openness,

• Ensuring Agencies Have Effective Systems for Responding to Requests,

• Increasing Proactive Disclosures,

• Greater Utilization of Technology in FOIA Administration, and

• Improving Timeliness and Reducing Backlogs.

This past March marked the eleventh year that agency CFOs submitted these reports to the Department of Justice.

Read more here.