Freedom of Information Act (United States)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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	federal executive branch agencies
gptkbp:category	gptkb:United_States_federal_law gptkb:Transparency_(government) Freedom of information legislation 1966 in American law
gptkbp:citation	Pub.L. 89–487
gptkbp:codifiedIn	5 U.S.C. § 552
gptkbp:compatibleWith	gptkb:United_States_Congress federal courts state governments
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1966-07-04
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes	national security financial institutions trade secrets geological information internal agency rules and practices law enforcement interests personal privacy statutory exemptions deliberative process
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Freedom of Information Act (United States)
gptkbp:notableCase	CIA v. Sims Department of the Air Force v. Rose Milner v. Department of the Navy NLRB v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
gptkbp:purpose	to provide public access to federal government records
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Classified_Information_Procedures_Act gptkb:archives gptkb:Federal_Records_Act gptkb:Privacy_Act_of_1974 gptkb:Government_in_the_Sunshine_Act gptkb:Sunshine_laws transparency open government Freedom of Information Act (United Kingdom)
gptkbp:replacedBy	Section 3 of the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:FOIA
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:startDate	1967-07-04
gptkbp:website	https://www.foia.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:FOIA
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6