Freedom of Information Act

noun

U.S. Government.

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

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That includes £1.1m on security, £1m on utility bills and £698,000 on maintenance, revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Since 2015 the attraction has been shut for a combined 1,624 days, or about 46% of the time, according to figures released to the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Multiple environmental groups have already filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking out the list of applicants and their purported justifications for the presidential exemptions to the Clean Air Act.

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In 2022, members of the British government, including former Home Secretary Priti Patel, met with Martin Fausset, CEO of Elbit Systems U.K., to discuss Palestine Action, according to documents obtained by the Freedom of Information Act and seen by Slate.

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The memo was obtained by The Times in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

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