Librarians may now qualify for FOIA fee exemption as educational institution requesters: Excerpt from Wisblawg, 12/21/2020, blog post: “Librarians now qualify for FOIA fee exemption as educational institution requesters,”…
In honor of our receipt of the GITMO attorney list, as a result of someone’s FOIA request and then compliments of posting on a law librarian listserve, this post…
Read about FOI Day at the Newseum, to commemorate the (March 16th) birthday of James Madison. Federal Freedom of Information Act. How to file a federal Freedom of…
The Oregon Legislature passed 2011 HB 2244, re definition of a public record, and it was signed by the Governor on August 2, 2011:…
…to spread cheap reprints of popular sheet music. In the 1950s, a pirate music label named Jolly Roger issued recordings by Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats from LP’s that…
…List, Meetways, Pipl, and FOIA Letter Generator, to name only a few. (Thanks to Jim Calloway’s excellent blog post (and his homepage ) for the lead.)…
…“word,” such as FOIA, which most of us pronounce “foiya” rather than spelling out the letters, “F-O-I-A.” Of course you also get the fun and hybrid ones, e.g. BWI,…
“The Freedom of Information Act Guide is an overview discussion of the FOIA’s exemptions, its law enforcement record exclusions, and its most important procedural aspects. Prepared by the staff…
…label for Shepardizing. When I’m speaking generically, I use “citator service.” To take the “Xerox” out of photocopy, or the “Kleenex” out of tissue, I would just refer to it…
…prejudice I feel is invisible. It’s more a stigma attached to the label,” Langley said in a telephone interview from the university campus. “We’re thought of as evil, callous and…
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