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FOIA Is Broken: A Report

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Abstract
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a staff report examining the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the problems of its application by those seeking information. The report looks into ways that agencies deal with FOIA requests, and the difficulties many people have in obtaining accurate documents in a timely manner. The committee finds that FOIA does not deliver the adequate transparency it is intended to because of systematic problems such as illegal assumptions of confidentiality, agency misuse of exemptions, and idiosyncratic rules and fees that differ from agency to agency.
Date
2016-01-11
Document Type
House Majority Staff Report
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Document Length
46 pages
Congress
114
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/1062
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Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
2: Civil Rights, Minority Issues, and Civil Liberties
PAP Minor Code
208: Right to Privacy and Access to Government Information
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230614231347/https://oversight.house.gov/report/freedom-of-information-act-is-broken-a-report/
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