FOIA professionals into mediators, but to give them Alternative Dispute

FOIA professionals into mediators, but to give them Alternative Dispute Resolution tools to incorporate into their FOIA work and help them comply with the statutory requirement that FOIA Public Liaisons assist in resolving disputes, 5 U.S.C. §§ 552(a)(6)(B)(ii) and 552(1). In FY 2013, OGIS offered three sessions of Dispute Resolution Skills training—two sessions in December 2012 and May 2013 that included participants from several agencies and a Department of Labor-specific session in June 2013. OGIS’s Caseload 600 500 400 300 4 IB Cases opened I Cases closed 200 + [> 100 4 0 FY 2009-10 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 September 8 October 13 NARA opens OGIS, with Miriam Nisbet as its The first staff member joins OGIS first director October 20 September 9 The OGIS website goes live OGIS opens its first case, which involves a delay October 26 September 30 Director Nisbet testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Advancing Freedom of Information in the New Era of Responsibility” OGIS’s staff increases to three November 10 OGIS adds a case-tracking log to its website allowing customers to check the status of their requests for OGIS assistance HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025857