Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(FOIA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy federal agencies
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:OPEN_Government_Act_of_2007
gptkb:Electronic_Freedom_of_Information_Act_Amendments_of_1996
gptkb:FOIA_Improvement_Act_of_2016
gptkbp:appliesTo executive branch agencies
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_law
Freedom of information legislation
Transparency law
1966 in American law
gptkbp:codifiedIn 5 U.S.C. § 552
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:United_States_Congress
federal courts
President's immediate staff
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1966
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy federal courts
gptkbp:excludes national security
financial institutions
trade secrets
geological information
internal agency rules and practices
law enforcement interests
personal privacy
statutory exemptions
deliberative process privilege
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
gptkbp:influenced international freedom of information laws
state freedom of information laws
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:FOIA
gptkbp:purpose to provide public access to federal government records
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Federal_Records_Act
gptkb:Privacy_Act_of_1974
gptkb:Government_in_the_Sunshine_Act
gptkb:Sunshine_Act
gptkb:Open_Government_Directive
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:startDate July 4, 1967
gptkbp:subjectOf FOIA lawsuits
FOIA litigation
FOIA requests
FOIA appeals
gptkbp:website https://www.foia.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Public_Records
gptkb:Title_44_of_the_United_States_Code
gptkb:Texas_Public_Information_Act
gptkb:Privacy_Act_of_1974_(US)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7