SUMMARY AND ASSESSMENT OF AGENCY 2022 CFO REPORTS ISSUED

By DOJ/OIP, FOIA Post, Aug. 30, 2022

Today the Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to release its summary and assessment of agencies’ 2022 Chief FOIA Officer (CFO) Reports.  OIP’s 2022 summary and assessment focuses on steps agencies have taken to improve FOIA administration in five key areas:

• Applying a Presumption of Openness,

• Ensuring Agencies Have Effective Systems for Responding to Requests,

• Increasing Proactive Disclosures,

• Greater Utilization of Technology in FOIA Administration, and

• Improving Timeliness and Reducing Backlogs.

This past March marked the thirteenth year that agency CFOs submitted these reports to the Department of Justice. 

Read more here.