After a 4-year hiatus, we're relaunching our "FOIA Focus" interviews with Nikki Gramian, NASA's former Principal Agency FOIA Officer. bit.ly/4gbw0x0

NEW: We sued the Department of Energy over its unlawful effort to shut down FOIA requests. The agency’s new policy demands proactive, duplicative confirmation of pending FOIA requests, a move that could result in countless unlawfully closed FOIAs. americanoversight.org/american-overs…

USAID to publish "still-interested" FOIA notice in the Federal Register tomorrow. Requests will be closed after 45 days if requesters do not respond. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17820.pdf Kevin Schmidt Ryan Mulvey

EPA plans to rescind regulation allowing expedited processing of FOIA requests serving environmental justice. foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2025…

New post of old documents re: Setti Warren, who died on 11/2/25: redwoodpost.org/documents/sett…

October in review from FOIA Advisor. More tricks than treats. foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2025…

#FOIA will be repealed in 2041 following an environmental catastrophe, with regional travel regulated by "The Authority--Department of Border Management." Seems reasonable. gate33checkpoint.com/about.html

Updated guidance: Calculating FOIA response times after gov't shutdown, by DOJ/OIP. justice.gov/oip/blog/calcu…

FOIA assessment of the VA from NARA-OGIS. foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2025…

Hot off the presses at FOIA Advisor (FOIA Advisor; Kevin Schmidt): confirmed by knowledgeable sources, DOJ OIP (FOIAPost) has a new director, Sean Glendening. Read more: foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2025…

DOJ buries posting on OIP's new (and arguably green) Director on the day before Thanksgiving. justice.gov/oip/staff-prof… Ryan Mulvey Kevin Schmidt

2nd Circuit rules that if a FOIA request to the Social Security Admin. is not directly related to an SSA program, SSA can still collect full processing costs even when it misses FOIA's response deadline. Shapiro v. SSA (Nov. 26, 2025), bit.ly/4iwzyLi

A review of top FOIA news in 2025: foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2026… Kevin Schmidt Ryan Mulvey

Now posted: the top #FOIA cases of 2025 with commentary from Ryan Mulvey and me. bit.ly/3LWhLkZ

FOIA backlogs increased in FY2025 at Transportation and NARA. foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2026…; foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2026…. March 1st deadline for all agencies to post their reports. DHS, the largest recipient of FOIA requests (50%-60%), will drive the government's overall performance.

Sunshine Week 2026 kicks off on Sunday, March 15th. Six departments still haven't posted their annual reports for fiscal year 2025 (ending 9/30/25). foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2026…

DOJ claims that it is the most transparent "in our nation's history." foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2026…

Recap of federal FOIA developments in March. foiaadvisor.com/foia-blog/2026…

DOJ finally releases its FY 2025 annual FOIA report (due Mar. 1). Its request backlog increased from 21,567 to 29,308, or 35%. Cue Claude Rains in Casablanca: "I'm shocked, shocked . . . ." justice.gov/oip/media/1436…

DOJ/OIP is "pleased to announce" today a tech showcase (justice.gov/oip/blog/regis…), but no announcement acknowledging the existence/posting of its annual report? C'mon.