Education FOIA Compliance Assessment Report Now Available

OGIS FOIA Blog, Oct. 1, 2019

OGIS’s latest FOIA compliance assessment shows that opportunities exist for the Department of Education’s Chief FOIA Officer to fulfill the statutory duties of ensuring compliance with FOIA and recommending improvements to FOIA implementation.

The Department of Education assessment, the 13th conducted by OGIS, makes seven actionable recommendations for strengthening Education’s FOIA program, which received 3,041 FOIA requests in Fiscal Year 2018. OGIS assessments are based on analysis of FOIA data and applicable documents, direct observation and review of agency FOIA case files, a survey of agency FOIA professionals, and interviews with agency employees and officials.

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