FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
gptkb:Freedom_of_Information_Act
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
federal agencies
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| gptkbp:category |
Freedom of information legislation
2016 in American law |
| gptkbp:citation |
5 U.S.C. § 552
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| gptkbp:codifiedIn |
presumption of openness
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:establishes |
gptkb:FOIA_Council
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| gptkbp:limitation |
use of Exemption 5 for withholding records
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| gptkbp:publicLawNumber |
gptkb:Public_Law_114-185
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| gptkbp:purpose |
improve public access to government information
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| gptkbp:requires |
creation of a single FOIA request portal
proactive disclosure of records agencies to consider releasing records even if an exemption applies |
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Barack_Obama
June 30, 2016 |
| gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:Senator_Patrick_Leahy
gptkb:Senator_John_Cornyn gptkb:Senator_Chuck_Grassley |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Freedom_of_Information_Act
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
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