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FOIA Memoranda

  • Presidential Memorandum on the FOIA (January 21, 2009)
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  • Attorney General's Memorandum on FOIA(3 pp, 1.2 MB, About PDF) (March 19, 2009)
  • FOIA: An Important Tool for Promoting Transparency and Building Public Trust in Agency Actions,  memo from Andrew Wheeler (November 13, 2018)

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    The "FOIA Guide" is an extensive discussion of the Act's exemptions and its procedural aspects that is prepared by the Department of Justice's Office of Information and Privacy.
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    A guide to both the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act prepared by the House Committee on Government Reform.
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