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Professionalize the FOIA Administration (US0015)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: United States – First National Action Plan – 2011-2013

Action Plan Cycle: 2011

Status:

Institutions

Lead Institution: Collaboration between Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Support Institution(s): Department of Defense (DOD), Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)

Policy Areas

Access to Information, Public Participation, Right to Information

IRM Review

IRM Report: United States First Progress Report 2011-2013

Early Results: No IRM Data

Design i

Verifiable: Yes

Relevant to OGP Values: Yes

Ambition (see definition): No Data

Implementation i

Completion:

Description

Professionalize FOIA Administration. We will continue work on a new civil service personnel category (or job series) for officials who specialize in administering FOIA and other information programs. It is important to recognize the professional nature of the work done by those administering FOIA


Commitments

Open Government Partnership