UPDATED FOIA SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT NOW AVAILABLE
By DOJ/OIP, FOIA Post, Mar. 9, 2023
Today, the Office of Information Policy (OIP) posted a comprehensive update to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Self-Assessment Toolkit. This update fulfills one of the Department’s commitments from the Fifth U.S. Open Government National Action Plan to strengthen access to government information through the FOIA. The Toolkit, originally issued in 2017, is a resource for agencies to use when assessing their administration of the FOIA. OIP has encouraged agencies to conduct self-assessments and many agencies have reported doing so in their Chief FOIA Officer Reports in recent years.
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