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Timeliness and Completeness of FBI Responses to Requests Under Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Have Improved

GGD-78-51 Published: Apr 10, 1978. Publicly Released: Apr 10, 1978.
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The Freedom of Information Act directed that the public have access to the information in the files of executive branch agencies, with certain exceptions. Because of dissatisfaction with the way the act was implemented, Congress amended it to limit the government's authority to withhold certain kinds of information, strengthen the public's right to obtain information from federal records, and speed public access to federal government records. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has received almost 48,000 requests for information since 1975 and has accumulated a sizable backlog of requests.

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Confidential communicationsFreedom of informationGovernment informationReorganizationLaw enforcement agenciesPrivacy lawRight of privacyAppealsOpen systems interconnectionLitigation