[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"Glossaries":3},{"id":4,"date":5,"date_gmt":5,"guid":6,"modified":8,"modified_gmt":8,"slug":9,"status":10,"type":11,"link":12,"title":13,"content":15,"menu_order":18,"template":19,"class_list":20,"acf":25,"yoast_head":26,"yoast_head_json":27,"toolset-meta":83,"yoast_title":28,"yoast_meta":97,"yoast_json_ld":126,"_links":144},20187,"2015-08-10T21:03:14",{"rendered":7},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.searchquarry.com\u002F?post_type=glossary&p=20187","2016-07-26T18:56:18","foia","publish","glossaries","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.searchquarry.com\u002Fglossary\u002Ffoia\u002F",{"rendered":14},"FOIA",{"rendered":16,"protected":17},"\u003Ch2>FOIA Definition\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.searchquarry.com\u002Ffreedom-of-information-act\u002F\">Freedom of Information Act\u003C\u002Fa>, or FOIA, is a law that gives American citizens access to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.searchquarry.com\u002Fglossary\u002Fpublic-records\u002F\">public records\u003C\u002Fa> and information the government collects. It is often referred to the law that puts Americans in the know. It effectively creates transparency and accountability of the information the government collects and archives on it’s citizens. As a result, most \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.searchquarry.com\u002F\">everyone’s public record is available\u003C\u002Fa> for anyone else to look up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>History of The FOIA\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The Freedom of Information Act was signed into effect on July 4, 1996 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This act pertains to the federal government only, however many states have adopted their own version of the Freedom of Information Act. This idea is not a new one and was adopted from the Administrative Procedure Act ( APA ) of 1946. This act effectively gave agencies broad discretion over publicly disclosing government collected information. 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