The Department of Interior published a copy of its final rule implementing new FOIA regulations this morning. The rule has not yet been scheduled for publication in the Federal Register. The agency issued its proposed amendments in December 2018, but received heavy criticism and a tremendous amount of public commentary critical of the changes. In total, Interior received over 65,000 public comments. The final rule has been substantively modified in a number of instances, and the agency also has withdrawn some of the proposed changes, including those which received significant attention from the commenting public.