The Office of Management and Budget has agreed to amend its 1987 FOIA fee guidance as the result of a lawsuit filed by the government watchdog Cause of Action Institute. According to a Twitter announcement on Friday by COA’s Executive Director James Valvo, OMB will propose changes to the following three provisions by no later than April 30, 2020: (1) the definition of a “representative of the news media”; (2) the definition of “educational institution”; and (3) the guidance’s lack of a clarifying reference to the public interest fee waiver.
A copy of OMB’s court filing is here.