FOIA Improvement Act of 2016

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/FOIA_Improvement_Act_of_2016
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Statements (23)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Freedom_of_Information_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo federal agencies
gptkbp:category Freedom of information legislation
2016 in American law
gptkbp:citation 5 U.S.C. § 552
gptkbp:codifiedIn presumption of openness
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:FOIA_Council
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
gptkbp:limitation use of Exemption 5 for withholding records
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_114-185
gptkbp:purpose improve public access to government information
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:The_Freedom_of_Information_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5