The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, and the intention of the law is to make the federal government’s functioning a bit more transparent to ...

Kathryn Flynn is a finance writer and editor for 529 plans, student loans, budgeting, investing, tax planning, and insurance. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and ...

A blank copy of Saginaw County's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request form. Though many public bodies have specific forms for citizens to use to request records, Michigan law merely requires a ...

A FOIA request must be in written form, reasonably describe the records sought, reflect a willingness to pay fees and provide a physical address. No special request form is needed.

Many journalists know the feeling: There could be a cache of documents that might confirm an important story. Your big scoop hinges on one question: Will the government official responsible for the ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to get their National FOIA Portal interoperability plans in order. The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 required that OMB and the ...