Wednesday, March 17, 2010

In the spirit of openness, USAID provides a number of resources for the public to obtain information. On our FOIA web page, located at www.usaid.gov, we have a number of valuable links to USAID information. The public can find information concerning our Automated Directives System (ADS), Business opportunities, and the Development Experience System – USAID’s Institutional Memory. On that same page are useful FOIA-related resources for the public’s review.

Publicizing

An Agency-wide notice announced the President’s FOIA Memorandum and Attorney General’s FOIA Guidelines. We will add guidance concerning these documents in our Automated Directive System.

Training

The FOIA team met with General Counsel’s office regarding the implementation of the new guidelines. The FOIA team had subsequent meetings to go over the guidelines.

Chief FOIA Officer's Report

The Attorney General's 2009 FOIA Guidelines require the Chief FOIA Officer for each federal agency to submit a report to the Attorney General containing a detailed description of the steps taken by the agency to improve FOIA compliance and transparency. These reports contain details of FOIA administration at each agency, as well as the steps taken to implement the Attorney General's 2009 FOIA Guidelines during each reporting year.

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