FOIA Reform: Will It Improve Agency Transparency and Responsiveness
This summer, Congress and the President enacted the FOIA Improvement Act. The language of the Act is available here . One article describing the Act by Josh Gerstein of Politico is here . The Act includes a provision to amend the existing law creating a presumption of disclosure. While the Act has symbolic value, the federal agencies so routinely violated FOIA prior to passage of the FOIA Improvement Act that it remains to be seen whether transparency and responsiveness will improve.