Upcoming Best Practices Workshop on Technology in FOIA (to be rescheduled)

**Due to OPM issuing a weather-realated early departure for January 7, this Best Practices Workshop will be rescheduled**

The Office of Information Policy (OIP) continues its Best Practices Workshop Series with a workshop on FOIA and technology.  This session will be held on January 7, 2020 from 2-4pm at the Department of Justice’s 2-CON Building (145 N Street, NE). 

The workshop will focus on the Chief FOIA Officer Council Technology Subcommittee's recent work, including a number of key findings and best practices on agency’s use of technology to improve FOIA administration.  The session will provide agency attendees an opportunity to ask any questions they have on how they can greater utilize technology for FOIA and discuss how implementation of certain best practices can improve their FOIA administration.  We encourage attendees to come ready with questions and items for discussion.   

The workshop is open to all agency FOIA professionals and interested personnel.  Registration is required for attendance and you will need a picture ID to enter the building.  Government employees may register for the event through Eventbrite.

For anyone who is unable to join, OIP will add a summary of the best practices discussed to our website.

OIP launched the Best Practices Workshop series in 2014 as a way to share and leverage successes in FOIA administration across the government.  The Best Practices Workshops offer opportunities for agencies to engage on current issues in FOIA administrations.  Each workshop in the series focuses on a specific topical area and includes a panel of representatives who share their success stories and strategies.  The series continues to be an opportunity for professionals at every level of the FOIA process to learn from one another and to leverage the successes of other agencies for their own organizations.

Do you have ideas for future meeting topics and potential panelists?  Please email us at DOJ.OIP.FOIA@usdoj.gov with the subject line “Best Practices Workshop Suggestion.”