The Freedom of Information Act - 5 U.S.C. Section 552   -  Last Amended 2007

 

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This is the most current version of the Freedom of Information Act as of August 2009. The latest amendments were introduced in Public Law 110-175, passed December 31, 2007. Some amendments went into effect immediately, and some went into effect one year later (December 31, 2008).

 

-Jed Margolin

 


 

Sec. 552. Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

 

 

(f) For purposes of this section, the term -

 

(1) "agency" as defined in section 551(1) of this title includes any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency; and