VIRTUAL BEST PRACTICES WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON TECHNOLOGY AND FOIA

Department of Justice Office of Information Policy, May 21, 2020

On April 20, 2020, 500 FOIA practitioners from across the government joined the Office of Information Policy (OIP) and the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) for a virtual discussion on the Chief FOIA Officer (CFO) Council Technology Committee’s recent efforts to develop best practices and recommendations based on a study of agencies’ use of technology. The workshop featured the Committee’s co-chairs Eric Stein from the Department of State and Michael Sarich from the Veterans Health Administration, who highlighted the Committee’s recent accomplishments, reviewed several best practices on the use of technology in FOIA, and shared recommendations made to the CFO Council and the Committee’s 2020 agenda.

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