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FOIA News: USDA Inspector General issues new FOIA regulations

USDA's Office of Inspector General published a final rule implementing new FOIA regulations in today's issue of the Federal Register.  The agency, which forwent a comment period, described its revisions as "necessary to update its regulation in order to reflect reorganizations within OIG" and in light of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016.  The rule is effective immediately.