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The Office of Information Policy continues to offer virtual FOIA trainings in Fiscal Year 2023

Newly issued 2022 Summary and Assessment highlights a range of efforts by agencies in key areas of FOIA administration and includes OIP guidance for further improvement.

From August 22 to 24, 2022, ICITAP-Indonesia’s Criminal Investigations Development (CID) team collaborated with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to provide the second of two Financial Crimes Investigations classes for narcotics investigators. 

On August 19, a ceremony was held to commemorate completion of the first group’s week at the FBI Academy. 

This is the Environmental Crimes Bulletin for August 2022.

On August 9, 2022, ICITAP inaugurated the first official lactation room for the Dominican National Police (DNP) headquarters. 

From August 4 to August 7, a four-person ICITAP HQ team accompanied four international delegations to the 152nd Annual American Corrections Association (ACA) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

On July 29, ICITAP concluded the final Court Security Assessment for the Foreign Terrorist Fighter (FTF) Court Security Project in Tunis. 

Thirty-two years ago, Congress passed the Americans With Disabilities Act, which makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities. It’s an important law upholding our nation’s civil rights – and it is why we commemorate Disability Pride Month in July. This month is a powerful reminder about the importance of disability rights and why, as a federal partner of the anti-violence movement, we celebrate people with disabilities and honor all the achievements the community has accomplished. The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) reaffirms our commitment to ensuring access and...

On July 22, ICITAP completed a comprehensive one-week training program for law enforcement, civilian regulatory and judicial personnel in Anti-Money Laundering and Counterterrorism Finance. 

The Office of Information Policy's Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2021, which examines a range of key statistics related to the government’s administration of the FOIA, is now available.