FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 Becomes Law; Sufficient Changes?
The Act (pdf at the link; 8 pages)
News Reports:
FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 Becomes Law (July 1, 2016) – LawFare
Explainer:
What You Need to Know About the FOIA Improvement Act of 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? (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 (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 (July 21, 2016) – ProPublica
Previously:
FOIA Litigation Has Its Own Rules, But We Deserve Better (March 15, 2016) – David McCraw at JustSecurity