Nearly four years after changes to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) went into effect, the FBI, in response to a lawsuit in which I am a co-plaintiff, said the bureau would now begin to abide by a little-known provision in the law that requires all government agencies, when asked, to provide estimated dates of completion to records requesters.
Last February, the Arlington, Virginia-based public interest law firm National Security Counselors, and I sued the FBI and other government agencies for refusing to provide us with estimated dates of completion on our FOIA requests.
In a declaration filed June 21 with the US District Court for the District of Columbia, David Hardy, the head of the FBI's FOIA office, known as the Records Information and Dissemination Section or RIDS, said, "as part of the review of the history of its actions in response to plaintiffs' requests for estimated dates of completion, I issued a policy memorandum to all RIDS personnel dated June 18, 2012, reiterating the statutory obligations to provide FOIA requesters with estimated dates of completion when prompted for this information."
The FBI's FOIA office "has begun to provide estimated dates of completion upon request and will continue this practice so long as the FOIA requires such," Hardy admitted. (Emphasis added.)
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Last February, the Arlington, Virginia-based public interest law firm National Security Counselors, and I sued the FBI and other government agencies for refusing to provide us with estimated dates of completion on our FOIA requests.
In a declaration filed June 21 with the US District Court for the District of Columbia, David Hardy, the head of the FBI's FOIA office, known as the Records Information and Dissemination Section or RIDS, said, "as part of the review of the history of its actions in response to plaintiffs' requests for estimated dates of completion, I issued a policy memorandum to all RIDS personnel dated June 18, 2012, reiterating the statutory obligations to provide FOIA requesters with estimated dates of completion when prompted for this information."
The FBI's FOIA office "has begun to provide estimated dates of completion upon request and will continue this practice so long as the FOIA requires such," Hardy admitted. (Emphasis added.)
Read more: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/a_victory_in_my_foia_lawsuit_against_the_fbi
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