Freedom of Information Act
E8206
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T74210 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information Act Context triple: [U.S. federal agencies, subjectTo, Freedom of Information Act]
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A.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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B.
Federal Records Act
The Federal Records Act is a U.S. law that establishes the framework and requirements for creating, managing, and preserving federal government records to ensure accountability and historical documentation.
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C.
Administrative Procedure Act
The Administrative Procedure Act is a foundational U.S. federal law that governs how federal agencies propose and establish regulations, conduct rulemaking, and provide for public participation and judicial review.
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D.
USA PATRIOT Act
The USA PATRIOT Act is a U.S. federal law enacted after the September 11, 2001 attacks that expanded government surveillance, intelligence-gathering, and anti-money-laundering powers in the name of counterterrorism and national security.
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E.
Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002
The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 is a U.S. federal law that established sweeping reforms to improve corporate governance, financial reporting, and auditor independence in response to major accounting scandals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information Act Target entity description: The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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A.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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B.
Federal Records Act
The Federal Records Act is a U.S. law that establishes the framework and requirements for creating, managing, and preserving federal government records to ensure accountability and historical documentation.
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C.
Administrative Procedure Act
The Administrative Procedure Act is a foundational U.S. federal law that governs how federal agencies propose and establish regulations, conduct rulemaking, and provide for public participation and judicial review.
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D.
USA PATRIOT Act
The USA PATRIOT Act is a U.S. federal law enacted after the September 11, 2001 attacks that expanded government surveillance, intelligence-gathering, and anti-money-laundering powers in the name of counterterrorism and national security.
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E.
Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002
The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 is a U.S. federal law that established sweeping reforms to improve corporate governance, financial reporting, and auditor independence in response to major accounting scandals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
freedom of information law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
United States Department of Justice
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Information Policy
|
| allows |
administrative appeals of adverse agency determinations
ⓘ
judicial review in federal court ⓘ recovery of attorneys’ fees for prevailing FOIA plaintiffs ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
ⓘ
FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 ⓘ Freedom of Information Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1974
OPEN Government Act of 2007 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal executive branch agencies ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 5 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| codifiedSection | 5 U.S.C. § 552 ⓘ |
| contains |
nine exemptions from disclosure
ⓘ
three exclusions for law enforcement records ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateSigned | 1966-07-04 ⓘ |
| defaultRule | agency records are accessible unless exempt ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo |
United States Congress
ⓘ
surface form:
Congress
federal courts ⓘ state governments ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1967-07-04 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism | civil actions in U.S. district courts ⓘ |
| exemption |
certain law enforcement records
ⓘ
geological and geophysical information concerning wells ⓘ information exempted by other statutes ⓘ information on regulation of financial institutions ⓘ inter-agency or intra-agency memoranda ⓘ internal agency rules and practices ⓘ national security information ⓘ personal privacy information ⓘ trade secrets and confidential commercial information ⓘ |
| grantsRight | right of access to federal agency records ⓘ |
| influenced |
freedom of information legislation in other countries
ⓘ
state freedom of information laws in the United States ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | electronic reading rooms for frequently requested records ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
to grant the public the right to access records from federal agencies
ⓘ
to promote government accountability ⓘ to promote government transparency ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Government in the Sunshine Act
ⓘ
Open Government laws ⓘ Privacy Act of 1974 ⓘ |
| requires |
agencies to conduct reasonable searches for requested records
ⓘ
agencies to respond to FOIA requests within statutory time limits ⓘ |
| shortName |
Freedom of Information Act
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FOIA
|
| signedBy | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| subjectTo | presumption of openness in disclosure decisions ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
academic research
ⓘ
journalistic investigations ⓘ public interest advocacy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Description of subject: The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FOIA
this entity surface form:
Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1974
this entity surface form:
Freedom of Information Act amendments of 1974
this entity surface form:
Freedom of Information Act of 1966
this entity surface form:
United States freedom of information law framework
this entity surface form:
federal Freedom of Information Act
this entity surface form:
federal Freedom of Information Act
subject surface form:
Federal Advisory Committee Act
this entity surface form:
Freedom of Information Act litigation
subject surface form:
Office of the General Counsel (USITC)