3.0.0 1326 2023-01-11T19:55:53Z 2023-01-11T19:55:53Z House H HR 2007-03-05 110 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo23 Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-27T13:19:52Z Referred to 2007-03-05T17:31:45Z Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 2007 110 1309 HR 2007-03-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 110 849 S 2007-09-04 Held at the desk. 17:59:43 Related bill CRS Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 110 2427 S 2007-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14854-14855) Related bill CRS OPEN Government Act of 2007 110 2488 S 2007-12-31 Became Public Law No: 110-175. Related bill CRS 2007-03-27 hsgo23 Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. Committee 2007-03-05 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2007-03-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E460) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 N Government Operations and Politics Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Business records Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consent decrees Data banks Disciplining of employees Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Employee training Executive reorganization Federal employees Federal officials Freedom of information Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Government statistics Governmental investigations Identification devices Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Internet Judicial review Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Legislation Mass media National Archives and Records Administration Performance measurement Personnel management Position classification Promotions Public records Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Telephone Terrorism User charges Web sites Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-03-05 Introduced in House 2007-04-26T18:12:02Z Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 or the OPEN Government Act of 2007 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to prohibit a federal agency from denying a requester status as a news media representative for purposes of determining FOIA request processing fees solely on the absence of institutional association. Requires an agency to consider the requester's prior publication history or stated intent to distribute information to a reasonably broad audience.

Provides that, for purposes of recovery of attorney fees and other litigation costs under FOIA, a complainant has substantially prevailed if the complainant has obtained relief through either: (1) a judicial order, an administrative action, or an enforceable written agreement or consent decree; or (2) a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party in a case in which the complainant's claim or defense was not frivolous.

Directs the Attorney General to notify the Special Counsel of and report to Congress on civil actions taken for arbitrary and capricious rejections of requests for agency records.

Prohibits the tolling of the time limit within which agencies determine whether to comply with a request for records without the consent of the party filing the request.

Requires agencies to establish systems to track requests.

Adds requirements for reports by agencies to the Attorney General on such requests.

Establishes the Office of Government Information Services in the National Archives to: (1) provide, as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation, guidance to FOIA requesters; (2) review policies and procedures by administrative agencies under FOIA; and (3) recommend to Congress and the President policy changes to improve FOIA's administration.

Requires the: (1) Comptroller General to annually report on implementation of provisions for the protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information; and (2) Office of Personnel Management to report on personnel policies related to FOIA.

]]> Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To promote openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced OPEN Government Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-03-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1326ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1326ih.xml 2007-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.