The Department of Justice’s Office of Information Policy has revised seven sections of its online-only Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act over the past six weeks. See list below. When we last checked the Guide in early December, we criticized OIP for excluding many new court decisions from its updates. OIP’s efforts primarily remain lackluster.

• Exemption 1 (posted Jan. 7, 2025) (“primarily includes case law, guidance, and statutes up until November 30, 2022”)

• Exemption 3 (posted Dec. 20, 2024) (“primarily includes case law . . . up until September 30, 2022”)

• Exemption 4 (posted Jan. 29, 2025) (“primarily includes case law . . . up until December 31, 2022”)

• Exemption 7(B) (posted Dec. 10, 2024) (“primarily includes case law . . . up until September 30, 2023”)

• Exemption 7(F) (posted Jan. 21, 2025) (“primarily includes case law . . . up until January 31, 2024”)

• Exclusions (posted Dec. 20, 2024) (“primarily includes case law . . . up until May 31, 2024”).

• Reverse FOIA (updated Jan. 15, 2025) (primarily includes case law . . . up until [actual cut-off date]”). What OIP’s “actual cut-off date” is for “Reverse FOIA” is a mystery. To quote Rick Perry, “oops.” Stay tuned for another update!