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Agencies Began Posting Their 2017 Chief FOIA Officer Reports During Sunshine Week

March 21, 2017
Last week the Department of Justice released its 2017 Chief FOIA Officer Report and agencies across the government began posting their reports as well. The 2017 Chief FOIA Officer Reports detail agency efforts to: apply a presumption of openness, ensure effective systems are in place to respond to requests, increase proactive disclosures, increase the utilization of technology, and improve timeliness and reduce backlogs.
Updated March 21, 2017

Measuring the Effectiveness of Grants

February 10, 2017
Courtesy of Acting Director Nadine M. Neufville, Office on Violence Against Women
The Office on Violence Against Women consistently gives priority to proven strategies that further the common goal of ending domestic and sexual violence. Every two years, we submit a report to congress about the specific ways grants are impacting communities. This message summarizes the report.
Updated April 27, 2017

An Important Court Opinion Holds Lawful Warrants Can Be Used to Obtain Evidence from U.S. Internet Service Providers When those Providers Store Evidence Outside the U.S.

February 6, 2017
Courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco
On Friday, a United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an important opinion in a dispute between the United States and Google over whether Google must comply with warrants issued by United States judges. The matter involved two warrants to search Google accounts belonging to suspected criminals in the United States who communicated with others in the United States. Google refused to fully comply with the warrants, asserting that it could not be compelled to disclose data unless it knew the data was actually located in the United States. The Magistrate Judge ordered Google to comply with the search warrants, specifically finding that no seizure occurs outside the United States and that the search occurs in Pennsylvania.
Updated February 17, 2017

Updated FAQs Provide Answers to the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program and Model Leniency Letters

January 26, 2017
Today the Antitrust Division is reissuing its “Frequently Asked Questions About the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program and Model Leniency Letters” because a footnote was inadvertently omitted from the January 17 version. The Division is also reissuing the model conditional leniency letters to reflect the date of the corrected FAQs. Please visit https://www.justice.gov/atr/leniency-program for more information.
Updated January 27, 2017

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