OIP Now Accepting Nominations for the 2023 Sunshine Week FOIA Awards

Dep’t of Justice, OIP Blog, Jan. 2023

The Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to announce that nominations are open for the 2023 Sunshine Week FOIA Awards, recognizing the contributions of FOIA professionals from around the government.  As the Attorney General recognized in his FOIA Guidelines issued in March 2022, “[t]he federal government could not process the hundreds of thousands of FOIA requests that are received every year without its dedicated FOIA professionals.”  Agency FOIA professionals are at the center of ensuring successful FOIA administration and we look forward to celebrating the work of these individuals from around the government.  For this year’s event, OIP is seeking nominations for five categories of awards:

• Exceptional Service by a FOIA Professional or Team of FOIA Professionals

• Outstanding Contributions by a New Employee

• Exceptional Advancements in IT to Improve the Agency’s FOIA Administration

• Exceptional Advancements in Proactive Disclosure of Information

• Lifetime Service Award

Nominations can be submitted by agencies or by a member of the public.  All nominations are due to OIP by Wednesday, February 15.

Awardees will be recognized during the Department’s 2023 Sunshine Week event on March 13th.

For more information, including submission guidelines, read here.