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FOIA News: OGIS Releases FOIA Compliance Self-Assessment Data

FOIA News (2015-2023)Ryan MulveyComment

OGIS Releases FOIA Compliance Self-Assessment Survey Results

Nat'l Archives & Records Admin., The FOIA Ombudsman, Jan. 31, 2018

We are excited to announce the release of our analysis and observations of FOIA compliance issues based on the responses to FOIA questions included in the 2017 Records Management Self-Assessment (RMSA). The RMSA is a sophisticated agency self-assessment program developed and managed by the National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Chief Records Officer (CRO). Our partnership with the CRO on the RMSA has allowed OGIS to leverage over eight years of experience with conducting agency self-assessments and provided OGIS with the opportunity, for the first time since our doors opened in 2009, to gather comprehensive data about FOIA operations from almost every agency that is subject to FOIA.

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