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FOIA News: OIP issues guidance for 2022 CFO reports

FOIA News (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

NEW 2022 CHIEF FOIA OFFICER REPORT GUIDELINES NOW AVAILABLE

By DOJ/OIP, FOIA Post, Sept. 30, 2021

The FOIA requires agency Chief FOIA Officers to report to the Attorney General on their performance in implementing the law.  Accordingly, since 2009, the Department of Justice has directed agency Chief FOIA Officers to “review all aspects of their agencies’ FOIA administration” and to report annually to the Department of Justice on the efforts undertaken “to improve FOIA operations and facilitate information disclosure at their agencies.”  Every year, OIP provides specific guidance to agencies on the content and timing of agency Chief FOIA Officer Reports and today we have issued the guidelines for agency 2022 Chief FOIA Officer Reports.

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