Boundaoui v. FBI (N.D. Ill.) -- following in camera review of sample documents, deciding that: (1) FBI improperly relied on Exemption 7(C) to redact race, ethnic information, and nationality of ...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/5/7/court-opinion-issued-may-3-2024
VRA Enters. v. CMS (M.D. Fla.) -- denying government’s motion to dismiss and oddly ruling that: (1) HHS Office of Inspector General’s response that it did not maintain requested records (and ...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/5/7/i01ojzeplncjsxmzibpjv93pnnl0yb
Below is our roundup of FOIA court decisions and FOIA news from April 2024, as well as a peek ahead to events in May. COURT DECISIONS: We posted 8 decisions in April, the least active month ...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/5/2/fekeaa68pso201u1jkgp2in6x8clnu
Heritage Found. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- in case concerning various communications about Timothy Thibault, a former Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, determini...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/30/court-opinion-issued-apr-29-2024
The Federal Election Commission will amend its FOIA regulations to conform with the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, according an interim final rule scheduled to be published in the Federal Registe...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/5/1/foia-news-fec-to-amend-its-foia-regulations
Last week, the law journal of the St. Mary’s University School of Law published an article entitled Foiled FOIA: The Excessive Exemption , which examines how courts have treated Exemption 3 in ...
Accuracy in Media v. DOD (D.D.C.) -- holding that FBI properly relied on Exemption 7(A) to categorically withhold certain FBI interview reports and corresponding handwritten notes of interviews ...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/27/court-opinions-issued-apr-26-2024
FEDERAL POSITIONS CLOSING IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS Gov’t Info. Specialist , Dep’t of Veterans Affairs/VHA, GS 12, Birmingham, AL, closes 5/1/24 (non-public). Gov’t Info. Specialist , Dep’t...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/28/jobs-jobs-jobs-weekly-report-42924
Juul Labs v. FDA (D.D.C.) -- in case concerning agency’s denial of market approval for plaintiff’s e-cigarette products, concluding that: (1) agency properly relied on Exemption 5’s delibe...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/25/court-opinion-issued-apr-23-2024
JOURNALISTS SIGNAL UPCOMING STORY LINES WITH FOIA REQUESTS FOIAengine: Insights From the Latest FDA and SEC Requests By Randy Miller, Law Street, Apr. 24, 2024 News media outlets are amon...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/25/foia-news-media-requests-to-fda-and-sec-portend-news
FEDS WANT DISBARRED ATTY'S FOIA SUIT OVER USPTO DOCS AXED By Dorothy Atkins, Law360, Apr. 24, 2024 The federal government urged a North Carolina federal court Wednesday to toss a disbarred at...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/24/3ezfb4k59oi5vrmss3ieeoy72jdmjm
The Department of Justice’s Office of Information Policy has announced that a three-day virtual “NexGen 2.0 FOIA Tech Showcase” will be held next month. Full details, reproduced below, can ...
Campaign for Accountability v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- holding that the Office of Legal Counsel’s “formal, written opinions resolving interagency disputes” are subject to FOIA’s reading room prov...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/23/court-opinion-issued-apr-19-2023
GENERATIVE AI COULD RAISE QUESTIONS FOR FEDERAL RECORDS LAWS A clause in a DHS agreement with OpenAI opens the door to some debate on transparency issues. By Rebecca Heilweil, FEDSCOOP, Apr. ...
FEDERAL POSITIONS CLOSING IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS Gov’t Info. Specialist , U.S. Int’l Trade Comm’n, GS 12-13, Washington, D.C., closes 4/22/24. Gov’t Info. Specialist , Dep’t of Housing...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/22/jobs-jobs-jobs-weekly-report-42224
As we reported in our March roundup, the Chief FOIA Officers Council will meet on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The agenda is here and the presentation slides are here . See the livestream on NARA�...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/16/foia-news-cfo-council-meeting-on-apr-17
On April 11, 2024, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration published an audit that was performed to determine whether the Internal Revenue Service properly withheld records pursuant...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/16/foia-news-irs-improves-foia-performance-finds-tigta-audit
FEDERAL POSITIONS CLOSING IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS Gov’t Info. Specialist , Dep’t of Energy/WAPA, GS 12-13, various locations, closes 4/15/24. Gov’t Info. Specialist , Dep’t of Energy/WAPA...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/14/jobs-jobs-jobs-weekly-report-41524
Malone v. USPTO (E.D. Va.) -- ruling that: (1) plaintiff could not in litigation expand scope of his original request, which sought certain information about patent cases in which expanded panel...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/12/nydmrmttsjs3sogmfz59rgeg7gc3yz
The Peace Corps published a final rule in the Federal Register on April 11, 2024, which reflect amendments to the agency’s FOIA regulations. The agency considered public comments, adopting sev...
https://www.foiaadvisor.com/home/2024/4/11/foia-news-peace-corps-finalizes-amendments-to-regulations