Definitions for Freedom of Information Act
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1. Freedom of Information Act

   The Freedom of Information Act is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure procedures and grants nine exemptions to the statute. It was originally signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, despite his misgivings, on July 4, 1966 as 5 U.S.C. § 552 and went into effect the following year. The Federal Government's Freedom of Information Act should not be confused with the different and varying Freedom of Information Acts passed by the individual states. Many of those state acts may be similar but not identical to the federal act.

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1. freedom of information act

   A form of legislation relating to freedom of information created and enacted into legislation by every form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, unity house of representatives, unity parliament, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government to ensure accountability, transparency and the right to delete data is actioned.

   Freedom of information act is created to ensure accountability, transparency and the right to delete data is actioned.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 20, 2020  

How to pronounce Freedom of Information Act?

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   David

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   Libby

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Freedom of Information Act in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Freedom of Information Act in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Freedom of Information Act in a Sentence

1. Ray Wall:

   Withholding an official police report ... I think that's a violation of the Freedom of Information Act.

2. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

   The State Department is focused on and committed to releasing former Secretary Clinton's emails in a manner that protects sensitive information, no one takes this more seriously than we do. We have said repeatedly that we anticipate more upgrades throughout our release process. Our (Freedom of Information Act) review process is still ongoing. Once that process is complete, if it is determined that information should be classified as Top Secret, we will do so.

3. Timothy Sandefur:

   If newspapers can’t be barred from publishing stolen military documents during wartime, then parents certainly have a constitutional right to publish documents the government gave to them pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request.

4. Ryan Jackson.Jackson:

   There's no — there was no reason for The EPA. There was no topic. It was just a fishing expedition, and so when I say it's politically charged, there's no real FOIA, you know, Freedom of Information Act reason for it, it is just simply submitted to us to see what we will produce.

5. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

   We are aware that there is intense interest in this matter, and we are announcing this decision now because the (Freedom of Information Act) process regarding these emails has been completed, while we have requested a month's extension to complete the entire review, we did not need the extension for these documents.

References

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