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Topic: Freedom of Information Act

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Favorite possession(s):Credit card
Most admires:Che Guevara
Appearance:Intimidating
Favorite actor(s):Errol Flynn
Politics:Democrat
Interest(s):UFOs,  Law
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor

Statement from Trevor White, Environmental Director The recent legal battles concerning the Maine Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the paper companies has brought the Maine tribes into the media forefront.
Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Some information may not be releasable to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); therefore the records may reflect deletions in accordance with the FOIA’s nine statutory exemptions or two law enforcement record exclusions.
It is appropriate that all federal departments and agencies consider the need to safeguard such information on an ongoing basis and also upon receipt of any request for records containing such information that is made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.
Since the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) mandates that reasonably segregable portions of a record shall be provided to requesters after deletion of any exempt portions, it would be appropriate for the polygraph study panel to record this closed meeting on audiotape (as it did its first meeting, which was largely open to the public) and to later make public all portions of the recordings which are not subject to withholding under the FOIA.
Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

NIMA has prepared a handbook which provides infrmation on how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other avenues can be used to seek NIMA records.
Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator

The FBI informed us that all FBI data regarding the crash near Roswell had been processed under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests previously received by the Bureau.
Smith claims he submitted a FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) request in order to obtain these documents but that probably slowed things down since a FOIA request is not necessary to obtain them since they were declassified quite some time ago.
Freedom on Information and the Right to Know: The Origins and Applications of the Freedom of Information Act From the Publisher This examination of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) traces the American origins of the belief that the citizens of a democracy have a natural right to know about the workings of their government.
Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer

PBGC's Freedom of Information Act Guide — PBGC's FOIA Guide provides you with information about how to make a FOIA request, fees, response time, and where to find information that is already publically available.
Here, you will find the guidelines on how to submit a Freedom of Information Act request to our FOIA coordinator.
For information on getting records using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), click here.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

After learning that laboratory animals got cancer from this hormone, I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the raw data.
 
 
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