The government’s FOIA policy changes are adding to work levels and requests — but e-Discovery can help

By Amy Hilbert, Casepoint LLC, NextGov/FCW, Nov. 15. 2023

The federal government is working to improve the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) — making it easier to access public records. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new FOIA guidelines in March, and the Office of Information Policy has updated its FOIA self-assessment toolkit to assist agencies in conducting self-assessments of their FOIA programs.

However, this has led to a growing strain on the staff and budgets of the government agencies and departments that need to comply with FOIA requests.

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