The Freedom of Information Act, commonly known as the FOIA, was enacted by Congress in 1966 to give the American public greater access to the federal government's records. The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 expanded the scope of the FOIA to encompass electronic records and require the creation of "electronic reading rooms" to make records more easily and widely available to the public.
Guides
- How To File a FOIA Request [3]
- How To Determine What Information is Subject to FOIA Requests [4]
- How To Obtain Publicly Available Documents from the FCC [5]