FOIA Resources for Web Publishers

Web publishers who are concerned about the operations of our government agencies can keep things transparent through FOIA requests.

Want to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request? We walk you through the basic steps that are required to file a formal FOIA request with federal agencies.

Along with Exemption 7C, FOIA Exemption 6C is designed to balance privacy interests with the right to know what the government is doing. Here's what online publishers need to know.

There's a fine line between public information and private information. Here's one of several FOIA exemption that a government agency can use as a basis to deny a FOIA request.

If you are a citizen journalist who is contemplating using FOIA for story fodder, here are some examples of the ways news agencies have used FOIA to generate some pretty interesting stories.