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The UK Freedom of Information Act runs on a 20 working day clock and authorities must confirm or deny Expedited processing under FOIA requires showing urgency to life or safety or a media deadline State public records laws are often stronger than federal FOIA and cover police body camera footage FOIA exemption 5 lets agencies withhold deliberative drafts and it is the most abused one Glomar responses let the CIA refuse to confirm or deny that records exist MuckRock users file thousands of FOIA requests a year and publish every response When does a document stop being sensitive and is there a declassification clock for companies? Agencies can charge search and review fees and the first two hours of search are free for noncommercial requesters India's RTI Act has a 30 day deadline but information commissions have backlogs in the tens of thousands The difference between a FOIA request and a records subpoena in litigation A FOIA request for your own FBI file takes about a year and arrives heavily redacted What to do when your FOIA request is denied: appeal within 90 days or file in district court Agencies routinely miss FOIA deadlines and courts rarely impose consequences beyond ordering release National archives declassification review: the 25 year rule and the appeals that stretch past it Open meetings laws give the public the right to watch but not always to speak

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