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FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 Becomes Law; Sufficient Changes?

The Act (pdf at the link; 8 pages)

News Reports:

FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 Becomes Law (July 1, 2016) – LawFare

Explainer:

What You Need to Know About the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 (June 21, 2016) – The National Law Review

Analysis and Criticism:

Can the Freedom of Information Act Be Fixed? President Obama Signs into Law a Much-Needed Update. But Will It Change Anything? (June 30, 2016) – The Atlantic

Better Tech, Stronger Disclosure Policies Could Improve FOIA; The FOIA Improvement Act was a Great Step, But the Work on Fixing FOIA Isn’t Done, Senators and Witnesses Said in a Recent Hearing (July 13, 2016) – FedScoop

Delayed, Denied, Dismissed: Failures on the FOIA Front On the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act, Here are ProPublica Reporters’ Most Frustrating Public Record Failures (July 21, 2016) – ProPublica

Previously:

FOIA Litigation Has Its Own Rules, But We Deserve Better (March 15, 2016) – David McCraw at JustSecurity

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