TY - JOUR
T1 - A Snapshot of FOIA Administration
T2 - Examining Recent Trends to Inform Future Research
AU - AbouAssi, Khaldoun
AU - Nabatchi, Tina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This article provides a snapshot of the administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the U.S. federal government. Specifically, using data from all federal government agencies from 2008 to 2016, the article examines indicators of FOIA caseloads, including requests, exemptions, denials, appeals, and backlogs, and FOIA management capacity, including staff, financial issues, and processing times. The snapshot not only highlights recent trends in the administration of FOIA but also informs future research by identifying areas that deserve additional attention, revealing potential sampling or case identification strategies for empirical work, and shedding light on variables that may have implications for theory building.
AB - This article provides a snapshot of the administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the U.S. federal government. Specifically, using data from all federal government agencies from 2008 to 2016, the article examines indicators of FOIA caseloads, including requests, exemptions, denials, appeals, and backlogs, and FOIA management capacity, including staff, financial issues, and processing times. The snapshot not only highlights recent trends in the administration of FOIA but also informs future research by identifying areas that deserve additional attention, revealing potential sampling or case identification strategies for empirical work, and shedding light on variables that may have implications for theory building.
KW - FOIA
KW - management
KW - transparency
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U2 - 10.1177/0275074018771683
DO - 10.1177/0275074018771683
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047411900
SN - 0275-0740
VL - 49
SP - 21
EP - 35
JO - American Review of Public Administration
JF - American Review of Public Administration
IS - 1
ER -