3.0.0 1775 2023-01-11T19:49:54Z 2023-01-11T19:49:54Z House H HR 2007-03-29 110 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo23 Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee Referred to 2007-04-30T13:11:21Z Referred to 2007-03-29T14:01:00Z 2007-04-30 hsgo23 Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. Committee 2007-03-29 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2007-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 N Government Operations and Politics Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Freedom of information Government contractors Government procurement Governmental investigations Public records Trade secrets Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in House 2007-06-07T15:28:02Z Freedom of Information Improvement Act - Amends the Freedom of Information Act concerning requests involving access to records relating to federal contracts. Provides that information submitted to the federal government to obtain, amend, or clarify a contract shall not be considered to be trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, unless the information is proprietary information. Requires an agency to release requested information (unless shown to be exempt): (1) relating to whether a contractor performed the work required; (2) indicating the use of substandard materials or work practices; (3) relating to information that is discovered as part of a government investigation of a contract or that is revealed because of the existence of credible evidence raising doubts concerning the contractor's performance because of investigations for past poor performance or because the contractor has been the subject of credible and consistent press reports pertaining to performance of government contracts; or (4) if disclosure of the information will contribute to public understanding and knowledge.

Requires any information released pursuant to this Act to relate solely to the federal contract involved and not to unrelated aspects of the company concerned.

]]> Freedom of Information Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act) to require the disclosure of certain information related to Federal contractors, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Freedom of Information Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced Freedom of Information Improvement Act Introduced in House 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1775ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1775ih.xml 2007-04-30 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.