FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Analyses
Restoration of Freedom of Information Act (S. 622), S2738 [15MR]
Articles and editorials
Congress Cloaks More Information in Secrecy, S6160 [7JN], S7385 [24JN]
Bills and resolutions
Animals: exempt certain animal identification information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (see H.R. 1256), H1370 [10MR]
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (see S. 589), S2482 [10MR] (see H.R. 1620), H1969 [13AP]
Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (see S. 622), S2734 [15MR]
Legislation: require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (see S. 1181), S6154 [7JN]
Photography: exempt certain photographic images of deceased persons taken by or for medical examiners (see H.R. 1513), H1845 [6AP]
Strengthen (see S. 394), S1513 [16FE] (see H.R. 867), H718 [16FE]
Letters
Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government (OPEN Government) Act: Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, S1522 [16FE]
———Joel R. White, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, S1523 [16FE]
———John F. Sturm, Newspaper Association of America, S1524 [16FE]
———Karla Garrett Harshaw, American Society of Newspaper Editors, S1523 [16FE]
———Kelly Shackelford, Liberty Legal Institute, S6160 [7JN]
———Laura W. Murphy and Timothy H. Edgar, ACLU, S1522 [16FE]
———Linda Chavez, One Nation Indivisible (organization), S6160 [7JN]
———Mark Tapscott, Heritage Foundation, S1523 [16FE]
———Mary A. Baish, American Association of Law Libraries, S1522 [16FE]
———Matthew Paxton, National Newspaper Association, S1523 [16FE]
———Nancie G. Marzulla, Defenders of Property Rights (organization), S6160 [7JN]
———Ralph G. Neas, People for the American Way (organization), S1524 [16FE]
———Steve Lilienthal, Free Congress Foundation, S1523 [16FE]
———Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists, S1523 [16FE]
Remarks in Senate
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 589), S2485, S2486 [10MR]
Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (S. 622), S2736 [15MR]
Legislation: require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (S. 1181), S6159-S6161 [7JN], S7383-S7385 [24JN]
Strengthen (S. 394), S1520, S1524, S1525 [16FE], S6159-S6161 [7JN]
Reports
Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government (OPEN Government) Act (S. 394), S1521 [16FE]
Reports filed
Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 109-226), H8161 [20SE]
Faster FOIA Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 589), S2993 [17MR]
Require Future Legislation Establishing a New Exemption to the Freedom of Information Act To Explicitly State the Exemption Within the Text of Such Legislation: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1181) (S. Rept. 109-81), S6404 [13JN]
Texts of
S. 394, Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government (OPEN Government) Act, S1524 [16FE]
S. 589, Faster FOIA Act, S2485 [10MR]
S. 622, Restoration of Freedom of Information Act, S2737 [15MR]
S. 1181, require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation, S7385 [24JN]