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FOIA News: EPA transferring FOIA to General Counsel's office

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EPA moving FOIA division into general counsel's office

InsideEPA.com, Jan. 31, 2018

EPA is moving its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) division into the agency's Office of General Counsel (OGC) a move that General Counsel Matt Leopold says will help the agency comply with deadlines under FOIA and reduce a backlog of information requests. “As you many know, the FOIA office is going to be coming over to OGC,” Leopold told senior agency staff during a Jan. 30 discussion at an EPA National Executive Leadership Development Conference in Washington, D.C. 

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