The Freedom of Information Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 4, 1966, was designed to make the federal government more open to the citizens it serves.

It basically makes government records and information available to those who request such information in writing. There are exceptions to the FOIA, of course, mostly involving national security and ongoing criminal investigations. There are also exemptions for internal personnel records used internally by the various agencies, some data containing trade secrets from confidential sources and other types of infor...

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