OGIS & NARA:
FOIA Advisory Meeting Proposed Recommendations
On December 6, 2019, the National FOIA Advisory Committee met in Washington DC to discuss proposed recommendations from three subcommittees focusing on records management, FOIA vision, and time/volume. Here is a recap of that meeting:
Proposals were presented by three subcommittees: Time/Volume Subcommittee, Vision Subcommittee, and Records Management Subcommittee.
Video of the meeting can be viewed here. (Timecodes for each recommendation are provided in parentheses below).
Proposed recommendations presented during this meeting
Additional Info & Resources
- View the Time/Volume Subcommittee recommendations here.
- View the Records Management Subcommittee Recommendations here.
- View the FOIA Officer Survey Responses here (111 responses received)
- View the FOIA Requester Survey Results here (81 responses received)
- For more details, view past meeting info here.
This National FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting Recap is an example of how GovQA keeps our finger on the pulse of up and coming legislation affecting public records and other government request news.

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