Meetings

• April 19, 2016
• January 19, 2016
• October 20, 2015
• July 21, 2015
• April 21, 2015
• January 27, 2015
• October 21, 2014
• June 24, 2014

April 19, 2016

• Federal Register Notice  
• General Information  
• Meeting Minutes
  • January 19, 2016  - Meeting Minutes - Draft v. 1 -  circulated to Committee before April 19, 2016 meeting
  • January 19, 2016  - Meeting Minutes - Draft v. 1 with Department of Justice Office of Information Policy proposed edits - circulated to Committee before April 19, 2016 meeting  
• Guest speaker University of Denver Sturm College Of Law Assistant Professor Margaret B. Kwoka presented on her academic study of the commercial use of FOIA at six Federal agencies, and proactive disclosures as a public benefit and potential saving measure for agencies
  • Professor Margaret B. Kwoka's FOIA, Inc. Presentation Slides (Black and White) - April 19, 2016
  • Kwoka, Margaret B., FOIA, Inc. (November 2, 2015). Duke Law Journal, Forthcoming; U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-57. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2685402  
• Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee White Paper - FOIA Program Review - April 2016  
• Recommendation Memorandum - Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Fees (Draft) - March 10, 2016  
• Fees Subcommittee's Recommendation on Updated Office of Management and Budget Fee Guidance (Draft) - March 10, 2016  
• Fees Subcommittee's Proposed Recommendations for the FOIA Advisory Committee's Consideration Handout - April 19, 2016
• Final Report of the 2014-2016 FOIA Advisory Committee - April 19, 2016
• FOIA Advisory Committee's Signed Final Recommendation to the Archivist of the United States - April 19, 2016
• Transcript

January 19, 2016

• Agenda  
• Federal Register Notice  
• Online Meeting Registration  
• General Information  
• Draft October 20, 2015 - Meeting Minutes Circulated to Committee before Meeting v. 3 - Clean (Previous drafts are available here)
• Fees Subcommittee Draft FOIA Fees Memorandum
• Oversight and Accountability Meeting Minutes - January 12, 2016
• Request for Public Comments on the Role of FOIA Public Liaisons - DRAFT - January 15, 2016
• Margaret B. Kwoka article cited by Committee Chair James Holzer in his remarks.
  Kwoka, Margaret B., FOIA, Inc. (November 2, 2015). Duke Law Journal, Forthcoming; U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-57. Available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN): http://ssrn.com/abstract=2685402
• Request for Public Comments on the Role of FOIA Public Liaisons - Posted February 2, 2016
• Meeting Video  
• Transcript

October 20, 2015

• Federal Register Notice
• General Information
• Agenda
• Meeting Minutes - 7/21/2015
• Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee
  • FOIA Public Liaisons Survey Results (Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Spreadsheet)  
  • Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee Meeting Minutes - 10/8/2015  
  • Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee FOIA Public Liaisons Survey Results White Paper - 10/2015
• Fees Subcommittee  
  • Fees Poll Survey Results (Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Spreadsheet)  
  • Fees Subcommittee Fees Poll Analysis Report - 10/20/2015

• Transcript 

July 21, 2015

• Federal Register Notice 
• General Information and Agenda
• Committee voted to adopt:
  • David Pritzker's revisions to January 27, 2015 meeting minutes and
  • April 21, 2015 - Meeting Minutes
• Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee Status Report
• FOIA Public Liaisons Survey
• Fees Survey
• FOIA Fees Subcommittee Status Report
• Meeting Video
• Transcript

April 21, 2015

• Federal Register Notice
• Agenda
• Eventbrite Registration Page
• General Information
• January 27, 2015 meeting minutes - draft circulated to Committee before meeting
  • David Pritzker's revisions to January 27, 2015 meeting minutes draft
• Oversight and Accountability Meeting Minutes - March 6, 2015
• FOIA Fees Subcommittee Status Report
• Oversight and Accountability and Fees Subcommittees' FOIA Public Liaisons Poll
• Transcript
• Meeting Video - Part 1
• Meeting Video - Part 2 

January 27, 2015

• Federal Register Notice
• Agenda
• Committee Bylaws approved during the meeting
• Proactive Disclosure Subcommittee Status Report

• FOIA Fees Subcommittee Status Report - Original
• FOIA Fees Subcommittee Status Report - Revised
• Memos prepared by Ms. Ginger McCall's interns on October 23, 2014, and cited in Ms. McCall's comments.
  • D.C. Circuit Case Law on Educational Institutions
  • Representative of News Media
  • Definition of "noncommercial scientific institution

• Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee Meeting Minutes - December 10, 2014
• Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee Meeting with Department of Justice Office of Information Policy Minutes - January 13, 2015
• Transcript
• Meeting Video - Part 1
• Meeting Video - Part 2 

October 21, 2014

• Federal Register Notice
• Federal Register Notice; Correction
• Agenda
• General Information
• Proactive Disclosure Subcommittee Status Report
• Reinvent Albany, Listening to FOIL: Using FOIL Logs to Guide the Publication of Open Data An Analysis of the 2013 FOIL Logs of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - July 23, 2014 study cited by Mr. David S. Reed during the Proactive Disclosure Subcommittee's Report
• FOIA Fees Subcommittee Status Report
• Meeting Video - Part 1
• Meeting Video - Part 2
• Transcript Meeting Video

June 24, 2014

• Federal Register Notice
• Agenda
• Full Agenda
• Binder Provided to Committee Members

• Final Reducing FOIA Litigation Through Targeted ADR Strategies Report by Mark H. Grunewald - Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) document entered into the record by David Pritzker during the Public Comment portion of the meeting.

• ACUS Recommendation 2014-1, Resolving FOIA Disputes Through Targeted ADR Strategies - ACUS reported cited by Mr. Pritzker is his comments. 
• Meeting Minutes
• Photographs
• Transcript
• Meeting Video - Part 1
• Meeting Video - Part 2