Petition To Repeal Suspension of FOIA Responses During the Public Health Emergency

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We are a nonprofit, legal services organization. We are not affiliated with the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) or CFSA's Kinship Navigator.

DC Council arbitrarily suspended requirements for DC gov’t to respond to FOIA requests during the public health emergency. We drafted a Petition to the DC Council to repeal the suspension with over 100 sign-ons. In response to our Petition, the DC Council unanimously voted in favor of the FOIA Tolling Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (Bill 23-1017), which will repeal the COVID-related suspension on response times for DC government FOIA requests starting January 16, 2021.

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