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    {"title" :"Updated FOIA Regulation Template and Guidance Now Available","summary" : "On September 7th, the Office of Information Policy (OIP) released an updated version of its Guidance for Agency Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, along with an updated FOIA Regulation Template. These resources were first issued in March 2016. OIP has updated them to take into account changes made to the FOIA by the FOIA Improvement","date" : "2016-09-16T10:00:24-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"office-of-information-policy" : "Office of Information Policy"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/09/2016-09-16-updated-foia-regulation-template-and-guidance-now-available.md","slug" : "updated-foia-regulation-template-and-guidance-now-available","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/16/updated-foia-regulation-template-and-guidance-now-available/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eOn September 7th, the Office of Information Policy (OIP) released an updated version of its Guidance for Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.foia.gov/\"\u003eFreedom of Information Act\u003c/a\u003e (FOIA) Regulations, along with an updated FOIA Regulation Template. These resources were first issued in \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/new-guidance-and-template-agency-foia-regulations-now-available\"\u003eMarch 2016\u003c/a\u003e. OIP has updated them to take into account changes made to the FOIA by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/freedom-information-act-5-usc-552\"\u003eFOIA Improvement Act of 2016\u003c/a\u003e and by recent court decisions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2016/09/600-x-332-Freedom-of-Information-Act-FOIA-website-homepage.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Freedom of Information Act homepage.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs described in OIP’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/oip-guidance/guidance-agency-foia-regulations\"\u003eguidance\u003c/a\u003e, while many of the FOIA’s requirements are contained directly in the statute and do not need implementing regulations, there are areas where the FOIA specifically requires each agency to publish regulations and still other areas where regulations are permitted. Moreover, there are aspects of FOIA administration that can be addressed in FOIA regulations as a matter of good practice.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe updates to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/oip-guidance/guidance-agency-foia-regulations\"\u003eguidance\u003c/a\u003e and accompanying \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/template-agency-foia-regulations\"\u003etemplate\u003c/a\u003e for agency FOIA regulations include:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotifications to requesters of assistance from FOIA Public Liaisons and the Office of Government Information Services,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNinety-day minimum time period to file an administrative appeal,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcedures for dispute resolution, and\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimitations on assessing certain fees and the exceptions to those limitations.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe updates also reflect recent judicial decisions of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit pertaining to two fee categories, representative of the news media and educational institution.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOIP encourages all agencies to consult the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/oip-guidance/guidance-agency-foia-regulations\"\u003eguidance\u003c/a\u003e and sample language from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/template-agency-foia-regulations\"\u003etemplate\u003c/a\u003e to the extent feasible as they update their FOIA regulations. OIP will continue to update these resources as needed to reflect changes in law and policy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis post was originally published on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/blogs\"\u003eDepartment of Justice blog\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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