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Key Dates

Given the wide range of FOIA activities that take place every year, this calendar is provided to highlight events of interest and to track key deadlines for federal agencies.  Here you will find deadlines for the preparation and submission of agency Annual FOIA Reports and Chief FOIA Officer Reports, as well as important dates relating to FOIA training, workshops, and conferences, and events attended by OIP personnel. This calendar is presented both chronologically, by month, and topically.

For previous events and dates from OIP, please visit our past events page.

Dates by Month

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

Annual FOIA Report Deadlines

September 30, 2012
End of Fiscal Year 2012

October 1, 2012
Start of Fiscal Year 2013

October 15, 2012
Annual Report Training Presentation Slides
By December 7, 2012
Agencies submit their FY 12 Annual FOIA Reports to OIP for review

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Chief FOIA Officer Report Deadlines

October 15, 2012
Chief FOIA Officer Report Training Presentation Slides
By February 4, 2013
Agencies submit their Chief FOIA Officer Reports to OIP for review

By March 11, 2013
Agencies post their 2013 Chief FOIA Officer Reports online

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FOIA Training, Workshops, and Conferences

July 24, 2013
Workshop: OIP, in conjunction with OGIS, hosts a FOIA Requester Roundtable (Washington, DC) (Open to the Public)

July 16-17, 2013

June 5, 2013

May 7-8, 2013

April 24, 2013
Workshop: OIP, in conjunction with OGIS, hosts a FOIA Requester Roundtable (Washington, DC) (Open to the Public)

April 10, 2013

March 20, 2013

February 26-27, 2013

February 19, 2013

January 22, 2013
Workshop: OIP, in conjunction with OGIS, hosts a FOIA Requester Roundtable on the topic of FOIA Libraries: Maximizing Usefulness from the Requester Standpoint (Washington, DC) (Open to the Public)

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Events

January 23, 2013
The Brookings Executive Leadership Program holds a seminar in the organization’s continuing Women’s Leadership Strategies for Success series, where Director Melanie Ann Pustay leads a discussion on the topic of leadership principles (Washington, DC)

January 10, 2013
A delegation of journalists from Libya, sponsored by the Meridian International Center on behalf of the Department of State as a part of its International Visitor Leadership Program and on the topic of Journalism in Transitional countries, meets with Director Melanie Ann Pustay to discuss the Freedom of Information Act in the United States, as well as the procedures and metrics that OIP utilizes to ensure compliance with the FOIA (Washington, DC)

January 9, 2013
The Government Information Specialist Job Series Working Group, with OIP Chief of Staff Carmen L. Mallon and the Chief of OIP’s Initial Request Staff serving as representatives, meets to discuss the implementation of the newly created occupational series, Government Information Series, GS-0306 (Washington, DC)

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Training and Outreach
Next Events
February 19, 2013
February 26-27, 2013
For a full list of upcoming events, visit our Key Dates page.
To access DOJ documents that are posted online by OIP, please visit the FOIA Library.
For government-wide FOIA information including how to make a FOIA request to other federal agencies, please visit FOIA.GOV.
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Leadership
Melanie Ann Pustay
Director
Contact
Office of Information Policy
(202) 514 - FOIA (3642)
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