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What is FOIA?
by davidcollantes 11y ago
What is FOIA?
- URSpider94 11y agoFreedom of Information Act. It's a US Federal law that allows private citizens to request that the government provide any records that it has in its files. The government likes to keep copies of EVERYTHING, so you can often turn up quite a bit of documentation. The law has very strict requirements on what can be withheld or redacted -- for example, the government can't withhold data just because it's embarrassing to them.
- bhayden 11y agoExcept in the cases where it actually is embarrassing, in which case it is redacted "for national security".