The Department of Health & Human Services has updated its Freedom of Information Act regulations in efforts to process more of the backlog and address response time. Kevin Griffis, HHS assistant secretary for
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Internal National Security Agency documents on the Iraq war have revealed that former NSA director Michael Hayden called for cooperation within the agency to support surveillance efforts as part of an “intelligence-driven” initiative against
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The Archivist of the United States has named Chris Knox, managing director in Deloitte‘s transactions and business analytics segment, as a member of the Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee. Deloitte said Monday 20 voting members serve on
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The Merit Systems Protection Board has begun its search for a candidate who will serve as both chief privacy officer and director of the information services team. MSPB said in a notice posted
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The Federal Aviation Administration has rolled out a database that contains information on the location of each registered owner of small unmanned aircraft systems in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests. FAA said
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A report by the chief Freedom of Information Act officer at the Defense Department says some agencies under DoD encounter a substantial number of FOIA requests or disparate requests from one or two
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The U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan bill that seeks to amend the Freedom of Information Act and is sponsored by Sens. John Cornyn and Patrick Leahy and co-sponsored by Sens. Chuck Grassley, Chris Coons, Debra Fischer and
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Michael Vickers, then-defense undersecretary for intelligence at the Defense Department, said in an April 2015 report that DoD has initiated efforts to detect potential insider threats through pilots and concept demonstrations, according
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The Department of Homeland Security has launched a free mobile application designed to help users submit and check the status of their requests for government documents and data under the Freedom of
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Federal agencies have been using cloud-computing technologies to help process Freedom of Information Act requests, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller said migration-as-a-solution is growing in popularity as most departments want
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