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The Freedom of Information Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1966 to promote government transparency and the free exchange of public information. Under FOIA, any individual can request federal agency records and enforce that right in a court of law. However, not all agency records can be requested; there are nine exempt categories of information. In addition to the federal law, many states have passed their own freedom of information acts. These acts are often similar but not always identical to the federal version. less -

Unpacking Averages: Device Manufacturers Should Use the Newly Released Demographic Data in MDRs to Ensure Their Devices Are Not...

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/6/2024

As you may know, we have been submitting FOIA requests asking FDA to share data from its various programs. In October, FDA granted our April FOIA request in which we asked the agency to add back demographic data fields that...more

Deadline Fast-Approaching for Specific Contractors to Object to Type 2 EEO-1 Report Disclosure

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 10/13/2022

In 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) received an unprecedented Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from an investigative reporter (which was later amended), requesting Type 2 Consolidated...more

Consumer Product Safety Advocates Pen Memorandum to Biden Transition Team Foreshadowing Push for More Active and Aggressive CPSC

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 12/9/2020

For years consumer product safety advocate groups have bemoaned the seeming lack of aggressiveness from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”). As an example, they complain that the CPSC levied no civil penalties on...more

Impact of the FOIA Amendments on your Company

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 8/11/2017

For those of you who have received a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC” or “Commission”) within the past year, you may – or worse, may not – have noticed new...more

Hackers Cause Consumer Drones to Fall from the Sky

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/3/2016

Last week at the PacSec security conference held in Tokyo, a new device capable of fully infiltrating radio-controlled drones was unveiled by researchers. This new device exploits a vulnerability in the frequency-hopping...more

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