Freedom of Information Act

noun

U.S. Government.

1. a law enacted in 1966 requiring that government records except those relating to national security, confidential financial data, and law enforcement be made available to the public on request. FOIA

Example Sentences

Though ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services denied their Freedom of Information Act requests, these journalists aren’t giving up without a fight—not until they get their hands on a document that outlines how much information Medicaid is sharing with ICE.

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At least a half-dozen databases track private-equity returns, sometimes using numbers provided by a fund’s investors or else obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the public pensions and other entities that invest in private equity.

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A new lawsuit alleges that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice failed to comply with an expedited Freedom of Information Act request involving a “key recording” in a reported bribery scandal involving White House border czar Tom Homan.

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Public Citizen has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documentation about the deal.

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The figures were obtained following a BBC Wales request under the Freedom of Information Act.

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