The Freedom of Information Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:FOIA
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Department_of_Justice gptkb:Office_of_Information_Policy
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 agencies
gptkbp:category	gptkb:United_States_federal_law gptkb:Open_government_in_the_United_States gptkb:Transparency_(government) Freedom of information legislation 1966 in American law
gptkbp:codifiedIn	5 U.S.C. § 552
gptkbp:compatibleWith	gptkb:United_States_Congress federal courts state governments
gptkbp:dateEnacted	July 4, 1966
gptkbp:enables	FOIA requests
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 confidential business information deliberative process privilege
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Freedom of Information Act
gptkbp:influenced	state freedom of information laws international right to information laws
gptkbp:purpose	to provide public access to federal government records
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:archives transparency government accountability open government
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:startDate	July 5, 1967
gptkbp:website	https://www.foia.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Norwegian
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4