Environmental Council Streamlines FOIA Requests and Privacy Protections
Published Date: 1/21/2025
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Summary
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) updated its rules to make it easier for you to get government info and protect your privacy. These changes follow new laws and advice, and they reorganize the rules to be clearer and friendlier. If you ask for records or care about your personal info, these updates affect you now—no extra costs or delays!
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2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Easier access to CEQ records
You can now more easily request records from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). CEQ finalized changes to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) rules to incorporate the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and Department of Justice guidance, and to make the rules clearer and easier to use. These final changes affect the public now and do not impose extra costs or delays on requesters.
Clearer Privacy Act protections at CEQ
You can better understand and use protections for your personal information at CEQ. CEQ amended its Privacy Act regulations to make them easier for the public to understand and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These are final regulatory changes intended to improve how CEQ handles individuals' privacy interests.
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