A federal judge has ordered that the FBI must release some records related to its investigation of President Donald Trump's ...

Elon Musk promised DOGE would provide "maximum transparency." Its interpretation of a Trump executive order would shield its ...

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). After years of resistance from many politicians and almost all government agencies, FOIA was signed into law in 1966. This landmark legislation, repeatedly ...

Senate Bill 227 was filed in Little Rock on Thursday by State Sen. Clarke Tucker. Tucker says the bill does a few things, ...

States will be the frontlines of our freedom — we're urging them to just say no to ... They must safeguard student data, stop collecting information that could be weaponized against our communities, ...

As a trust instrumentality of the United States, the Smithsonian is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, which applies only to agencies within the Executive Branch of ...

Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court.

In Michigan, lawmakers aren't subject to open records laws. An effort to open the government to freedom of information requests appears to be failing again.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('the Act') was passed on 30 November 2000 and came into force in January 2005. The Act gives the public a right of access to all types of recorded information ...