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FOIA Training Services Offered by OIP
The Office of Information Policy (OIP) engages in a wide range of activities and events throughout the year to meet the Justice Department’s responsibility to encourage FOIA compliance throughout the Executive Branch. As one of the core parts of that mission, OIP works to ensure that agencies receive the best and most up to date training on all aspects of the FOIA.
In conjunction with the Office of Legal Education, OIP provides regular training courses throughout the year, ranging from introductory sessions for non-FOIA personnel to advanced programs for highly experienced FOIA personnel. Additionally, our office also continually offers specialized training on particular topics, such as our training on Exemption 2 in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Milner v. Department of the Navy, or our FOIA Fee Summit which addressed a particularly technical aspect of the FOIA. This summer we also launched the Director’s Lecture Series which provided an opportunity for FOIA professionals to interact directly with the Director of OIP on a range of FOIA topics.
In addition to all of the training opportunities offered by OIP, our staff is also available to participate in FOIA training offered by individual agencies. OIP subject matter experts, including the Director and Chief of Staff, are frequent speakers at FOIA training events and conferences held by numerous agencies across the federal government, speaking on such topics as:
- Procedural and Legal Requirements of the FOIA
- FOIA Exemptions
- Litigation Considerations
- President Obama’s FOIA Memorandum and Attorney General Holder’s FOIA Guidelines
- Milestones for Improving FOIA Administration
Updated August 6, 2014
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