Still Interested Letters Add Insult To Injury Of Long Ignored Foia The national security archive’s 2021 sunshine week audit has found that many agencies still abuse “still interested” letters – out of the 84 “still interested” letters we received between november 2019 and the present, 17 provided fewer than 30 days to respond. In a nutshell: limit the use of “still interested inquiries” to situations where the agency has a reasonable basis to determine that the requester’s interest in the records may have changed. limit the frequency of “still interested” inquiries to the requester concerning a particular request.
Foia Requests As a matter of sound foia administration, prior to sending a “still interested” inquiry agencies should, at a minimum, have already provided the requester with an acknowledgment of his or her request and given the requester a point of contact and contact information for any questions. Agencies should review their procedures on the use of “still interested” inquiries to ensure they are in conformity with this new guidance. oip has prepared an implementation checklist to assist agencies in doing so. As federal agencies approach the end of fiscal year 2022 in september, we know many are aiming to close old foia requests and reduce their foia backlogs. some have begun to send requesters “still interested” letters to ensure that the information in a foia request is still being sought by the requester from the agency. Our research suggests that using still interested letters to reduce a backlog is an ineffective strategy: we found only three instances in which the use of still interested letters resulted in a greater than 3 percent reduction in pending requests at the end of the fiscal year.
Foia Faq Dealing With Still Interested Letters Muckrock As federal agencies approach the end of fiscal year 2022 in september, we know many are aiming to close old foia requests and reduce their foia backlogs. some have begun to send requesters “still interested” letters to ensure that the information in a foia request is still being sought by the requester from the agency. Our research suggests that using still interested letters to reduce a backlog is an ineffective strategy: we found only three instances in which the use of still interested letters resulted in a greater than 3 percent reduction in pending requests at the end of the fiscal year. In the course of processing freedom of information act (foia) requests, some federal agencies ask requesters if they are still interested in the requested records. typically, the agency sets a deadline for the requester’s affirmative response; receiving none, the agency closes the request. As the federal government approaches the end of fiscal year 2024 in september, we recognize that many federal agencies are aiming to close old foia requests and reduce their foia backlogs. some are sending requesters “still interested” letters to ensure that the requester still seeks the requested records. Sending a so called "still interested letter" to someone who requested responses under the freedom of information act, or foia, has an uncertain effect, an analysis found. Washington d.c., march 12, 2021 – the defense department finally replied to the national security archive’s september 2006 foia request early last year. after nearly 15 years of waiting, on january 24, 2020, the osd js foia office wrote: “this pertains to your enclosed freedom of information act request, which you submitted on september.
Foia In the course of processing freedom of information act (foia) requests, some federal agencies ask requesters if they are still interested in the requested records. typically, the agency sets a deadline for the requester’s affirmative response; receiving none, the agency closes the request. As the federal government approaches the end of fiscal year 2024 in september, we recognize that many federal agencies are aiming to close old foia requests and reduce their foia backlogs. some are sending requesters “still interested” letters to ensure that the requester still seeks the requested records. Sending a so called "still interested letter" to someone who requested responses under the freedom of information act, or foia, has an uncertain effect, an analysis found. Washington d.c., march 12, 2021 – the defense department finally replied to the national security archive’s september 2006 foia request early last year. after nearly 15 years of waiting, on january 24, 2020, the osd js foia office wrote: “this pertains to your enclosed freedom of information act request, which you submitted on september.
A Strange Foia Response About The Fayetteville Housing Crisis Evelyn Sending a so called "still interested letter" to someone who requested responses under the freedom of information act, or foia, has an uncertain effect, an analysis found. Washington d.c., march 12, 2021 – the defense department finally replied to the national security archive’s september 2006 foia request early last year. after nearly 15 years of waiting, on january 24, 2020, the osd js foia office wrote: “this pertains to your enclosed freedom of information act request, which you submitted on september.
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