As backlogs grow, staffing shrinks and requests languish for years, journalists say records often arrive too late to hold ...

Delay and deferral tactics threaten accountability, transparency, and democratic processes, says a FOIA advocate.

In January 2025, I received a response to a Freedom of Information Act request I’d sent to Immigration and Customs ...

Speed is nice. Defensibility is required. Day One usability is a dream. Alira delivers all three, and that’s why I put it on the shortlist of tech worth watching in 2026.” — Michael Sarich, former VA ...

Boasting wide, bipartisan support from Michiganders, transparency in government runs on the behind-the-scenes, often invisible, work of public servants working for local municipalities. The Freedom of ...

A decade after the last FOIA reform, RCFP shares its wishlist for improving the well-intended but deeply flawed law.

Members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet discussed official business in more than a dozen Signal group chats, it has been revealed.