Recovery Board Implements FOIA, Privacy Act Rule
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has proposed to implement both the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act. The FOIA rule sets the policy and procedures for the board to respond to requests, including the amount of time it can take to respond to requests, the fee schedule and describes what materials already are available publicly. The Privacy Act rule sets for policies and procedures for requesting information from the board. It also establishes the timeframe for responses, and payments for copying records and obtaining information.
Recovery Board details FOIA, Privacy procedures, Jason Miller, Federal News Radio, August 3, 2009.
