Archive for August, 2011
OGIS Reaches Out – Way Out
For over a year now, we at OGIS have regularly presented dispute resolution skills training sessions to FOIA professionals at various agencies. It’s been a fun, exciting effort that has given us an opportunity to meet FOIA professionals from all across the government. Unfortunately — with the exception of the few sessions we presented at [...]
Posted by Carrie McGuire on August 25, 2011, under About OGIS, OGIS events.
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Paying the FOIA bills
FOIA isn’t free, we all know that. The Federal government’s estimated spending on FOIA in 2010 was approximately $416 million. Usually, an agency will process its own FOIA requests by searching for, retrieving and reviewing records. But when an agency has to ask a contractor or even another agency to assist with a request, and [...]
Posted by Corinna Zarek on August 19, 2011, under About OGIS, Best practices.
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Announcing Dispute Resolution Skills Training for FOIA Professionals
Conventional wisdom holds that August is quiet in Washington, D.C. While we at OGIS cannot attest to that — it seems we are busier than ever this month — we suggest that August is a great time to learn something new, namely, FOIA dispute resolution skills! We will present our Dispute Resolution Skills for FOIA [...]
Posted by Carrie McGuire on August 11, 2011, under About OGIS.
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OGIS Case Study #1 – “I am pretty sure the Government has a file on me”
Many people believe that federal law enforcement agencies have some kind of investigatory file on them. The truth is that very few people have been investigated by an agency such as the FBI, but that doesn’t stop many people from requesting their own records from federal law enforcement agencies. (When an individual requests access to [...]
Posted by Carrie McGuire on August 5, 2011, under About OGIS.
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