DOJ OIP leads effort to set FOIA tool tech standards across government

By Jory Heckman, Fed. News Network, June 2, 2023 

The Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy is leading a governmentwide effort to set technology standards for tools agencies use to manage a growing volume of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

DOJ OIP is leading an interagency working group setting standards for FOIA case management, along with National Archives and Records Administration’s Office of Government Information Service and the General Services Administration Office of Shared Services and Performance Improvement.

The working group expects to have a draft baseline version of the business standards available for public comment early this summer, and anticipates finalizing the business standards later this calendar year.

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