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About the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA)

Summary

Text of the Freedom of Information Act

Explanation of the 1996 Electronic FOIA Amendments

Significant Recent Litigation, Presentation delivered by Melanie Ann Pustay, Deputy Director of the Office of Information and Privacy, US Department of Justice, at the Western Regional Training Conference of the American Society of Access Professionals at Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 12, 2001 (pdf)

Precedent-Setting FOIA Litigation: Significant Court Decisions That Have Shaped the Freedom of Information Act, Presentation by Miriam Nisbet, Legislative Counsel, American Library Association, to the Western Regional Training Conference of the American Society of Access Professionals at Denver, Colorado, March 6, 2000 (pdf)

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