J.R.McHale

[**The Act**](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/337/text) (pdf at the link; 8 pages)

**News Reports:**

> [FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 Becomes Law](https://www.lawfareblog.com/foia-improvement-act-2016-becomes-law) (July 1, 2016) – LawFare

**Explainer:**

> [What You Need to Know About the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016](http://www.natlawreview.com/article/what-you-need-to-know-about-foia-improvement-act-2016) (June 21, 2016) – The National Law Review

**Analysis and Criticism:**

> [Can the Freedom of Information Act Be Fixed? President Obama Signs into Law a Much-Needed Update. But Will It Change Anything?](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/foia-gets-a-makeover/489137/) (June 30, 2016) – The Atlantic

> [Better Tech, Stronger Disclosure Policies Could Improve FOIA; The FOIA Improvement Act was a Great Step, But the Work on Fixing FOIA Isn’t Done, Senators and Witnesses Said in a Recent Hearing](http://fedscoop.com/experts-foia-needs-proactive-disclosure-and-better-tech) (July 13, 2016) – FedScoop

> [Delayed, Denied, Dismissed: Failures on the FOIA Front On the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act, Here are ProPublica Reporters’ Most Frustrating Public Record Failures](https://www.propublica.org/article/delayed-denied-dismissed-failures-on-the-foia-front?platform=hootsuite) (July 21, 2016) – ProPublica

**Previously:**

> [FOIA Litigation Has Its Own Rules, But We Deserve Better](https://www.justsecurity.org/29974/foia-litigation-rules-deserve/) (March 15, 2016) – David McCraw at JustSecurity