If you want to know how much money the city of Chicago spends on holiday parade security in a given year, you can file an open records request with the city for the details. If you want to know how a ...

Agencies often cite the privilege when denying records requests, but RCFP's Gunita Singh offers journalists tips to avoid rejection. This is Part 2 of a two-part series on FOIA’s deliberative process ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. It’s a free and collaborative FOIA resource created by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, with ...

A blank copy of Saginaw County's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request form. Though many public bodies have specific forms for citizens to use to request records, Michigan law merely requires a ...

This column was originally published in the November 2022 issue of The Tennessee Press, the official publication of the Tennessee Press Association. As a member of the Tennessee Press Association, you ...

“The Chamber noted that the White House itself has deemed the march-in proposal a matter of urgent importance and that ‘it would be inconsistent for the executive branch to conclude now that the ...