Freedom of Information Act Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2008 for the Federal Labor Relations Authority Including the Authority, the General Counsel and the Federal Service Impasses Panel

摘要

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) can be found in Title 5 of the United States Code, Section 552. It is a Federal statute that provides that any person has a right to request access to records in the possession of a Federal agency, unless that record is protected from disclosure by any of the FOIA's exemptions. The FOIA was enacted to strengthen our democratic form of government by allowing ready access to government records by anyone who asks, for any purpose. This is one way of ensuring that the government operates openly and thus remains accountable to the governed. In 1996, the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments (E-FOIA) was signed into law. E-FOIA will make it possible for you to have electronic access to important agency information. This report of the Authority, the General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the Federal Service Impasses Panel with regard to public information requests during the period October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008, is made in accordance with S 552(e) of Title 5, United States Code, 5 U.S.C. S 552(e) (2000), as amended by the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-231, 110 Stat. 3048-3054 (codified at 5 U.S.C. S 552 (2000)).