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 ...

Discover how to easily request EEOC records on employer discrimination through the FOIA. Simplify the process and access essential information effectively.

FOIA imposes two requirements on requests for agency records. Requests must: Reasonably describe the desired records. Be made in compliance with agency rules and regulations for making FOIA requests. ...

When her daughter started kindergarten, Miriam Bhimani was eager to get more context about how decisions were being made at the Chicago elementary school. So she started writing requests to the ...

Not a subscriber? Buy a Day Pass or just this story using our new Digital Wallet Changes in the Illinois Freedom of Information Act – the state law that sets the rules for release of public documents ...