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The Office of Information Policy will host its next workshop focused on requester negotiation techniques on August 11, 2026. 

The Office of Information Policy (OIP) has updated its FOIA Exemption 3 resources.

A summary of Fiscal Year 2025 government-wide FOIA data is available for viewing.  The Executive Branch received 1.7 million FOIA requests in FY 2025, with 4,823 Full-Time Employees processing the administration of FOIA at an estimated cost of $661M. 

This article originally appeared in the ABI Journal, Vol. XLV, No. 7, July 2026.

On June 30, ICITAP’s North Macedonia mission reported significant law enforcement and public security achievements announced by the Minister of Interior during a national press briefing, underscoring the country’s growing capacity to combat organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and other threats to public safety.

The Chief FOIA Officers Council is requesting agency collaboration and input in the development of a federal FOIA technology inventory.

This issue of the Bulletin includes cases involving illegal guiding and outfitting services, dog fighting, reptile trafficking, dairy waste discharges, biofuel fraud, incinerator emissions, and more.

The year 2026 marks a significant milestone in American history as our nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States.

On June 19, ICITAP reported a major milestone in its efforts to strengthen Algeria’s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing when the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) unanimously voted to remove Algeria from its grey list, marking the successful culmination of a multi-year reform process supported by ICITAP.

On June 18, ICITAP-Colombia conducted the opening session for a newly launched micro-course in financial crimes investigation in Bogotá. The course brought together 489 cadets from the Santander Police School of the Colombian National Police (CNP) and focused on money laundering, terrorist financing, blockchain and cryptocurrency investigations, asset forfeiture, digital evidence, and the use of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations. 

Since 2015, The Department of Justice has provided select Tribal government agencies with access to FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) systems through the Tribal Access Program (TAP) for purposes authorized by Congress. In a historic move, the FBI has approved an enacted resolution of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon to allow the Tribes’ Department of Education and Department of Children & Family Services to access FBI maintained criminal history record information in order to conduct background checks.

On June 8, ICITAP counter–improvised explosive device advisors initiated a recertification course on counter–improvised explosive device tools and locate-render-safe procedures for bomb technicians of the Unité Spéciale d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale in Burkina Faso, building directly on a capability assessment conducted by ICITAP in February 2023 and a prior course delivered in September 2024.