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5 FOIA Update 1 (1984)

handle is hein.journals/foiaupd5 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Information and Privacy Vol. V, No. 1 Winter 1984 FoTA UPDATE A Senate Passes Extensive FOTA Reform Legislation After hearings and protracted delib- erations extending over two sessions of Congress, the Senate on February 27 unanimously passed S. 774, the comprehensive package of FOIA re- form amendments supported by the Administration. Full Senate approval of S. 774 had been expected last year, based upon the bipartisan efforts of Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), but was delayed for several months as a result of concerns (primarily regarding national security issues) raised by Senator David Durenberger (R-Minn.). Ultimately, however, the bill cleared the Senate with relatively little controversy after Senator Hatch agreed to schedule a hearing on April 3 before his Consti- tution Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee addressing such concerns. S. 774 now moves to the House of Representatives, where Government Information, Justice and Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Eng- - lish (D-Okla.) has awaited final Sen- ate action for more than two years be- fore considering FOIA reform. In a Cont'd on p. 6 On Agency Practice Wide Variety of FOJA Training Available Over the years since federal agencies first began implementing the Freedom of Information Act, they have become increasingly aware of the value of up-to-date training in this area. Today, a wide variety of basic and advanced training courses on the FOIA are available throughout the Federal Government. In 1984, ap- proximately 25 governmentwide FOIA training programs will be held in Washington, D.C. alone, and 18 more sessions are scheduled in re- New Feature In this issue, FOIA Update inau- gurates a new recurring feature, Un- der Advisement (page 9), which will point out pending litigation cases in which FOIA issues of particular significance are expected to be decid- ed in the near future. gions throughout the country. In addi- tion, many agencies will offer in- house or on-the-job training for their FOIA access professionals and attorneys. A review of the FOIA training practices at various federal depart- ments and agencies reveals several consistent trends in FOIA training. New employees in the FOIA area usu- ally attend at least one of the major FOIA training programs and there- after return for refresher sessions from time to time. Additionally, several agencies offer one-day or two-day in-house sessions on the FOIA which usually focus on technical questions and issues partic- ular to those agencies. Educational programs offering updated training and advanced work are always popular and, as federal agencies have developed greater FOIA expertise in recent years, such programs have be- come heavily subscribed. The major sources of FOIA train- ing are: 0 The Department of Justice's Legal Education Institute (LEI)- which offers five sessions yearly of its two-day course, The Freedom of Information Act for Attorneys and Access Professionals. In 1984, four of these sessions will be offered in Washington and the fifth will be held in Los Angeles. The faculty is com- prised of access law experts from sev- Cont'd on next page Inside Update OIP Guidance: Congres- sional Access Under the FOIA .............. pp. 3-4 FOIA Counselor: The Unique Protection of Exemption 2 ......... pp. 10-11 Index to FOIA Update, Vols. I-IV . ......... pp. i-iv

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