NEW GUIDELINES ISSUED FOR 2021 AGENCY CHIEF FOIA OFFICER REPORTS

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

Today the Office for Information Policy issued guidelines for the timing and content of agency 2021 Chief FOIA Officer Reports.  The FOIA requires agency Chief FOIA Officers to report to the Attorney General on their performance in implementing the law.  Accordingly, since 2009, the Department of Justice has directed agency Chief FOIA Officers to “review all aspects of their agencies’ FOIA administration” and to report annually to the Department of Justice on the efforts undertaken “to improve FOIA operations and facilitate information disclosure at their agencies.” 

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