How FOIAXpress Meets the Guidelines of OMB Memorandum M-21-04 and Requirements of the CASES Act
In November, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the memorandum, “Modernizing Access to and Consent for Disclosure of Records Subject to the Privacy Act.” The memo (M-21-04) o...
Air Force to Improve Flexibility in Contracting
What this could mean for the government technology sector A recent article by Federal News Network details initiatives that the U.S. Air Force is undertaking to improve flexibility in gove...
UMD Study Supports Efficacy of Machine Learning in FOIA Review
A University of Maryland (UMD) study recently published by the Association for Computing Machinery supports the usefulness of machine learning tools to assist the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA...
AINS Employees Share Their Fall Experiences
Cover Photo by Dan Girard At AINS, fall is the busiest season of the year. The end of the federal fiscal year, our annual hosted user conference, and the November rollout of new versions o...
Lessons Learned from Our First Ever Virtual Conference
Last week, AINS hosted our 15th annual user conference for customers and partners of eCase and FOIAXpress. The conference, delivered virtually for the first time, saw over 400 attendees between t...
Workplace Safety Records Not Exempt Under FOIA Law
In July of this year, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that workplace safety records, including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
The New Spirit of Labor Day
On Monday, workplaces around the nation closed to celebrate Labor Day in its 127th year as a federal holiday. Established in June of 1894 by the 53rd Congress, the first Monday of September becam...
Q&A with Sandra Sherman, HR Consultant
In June, our eCase HR Team was joined by a new consultant, Sandra (Sandy) Sherman. In her career, Sandy has served three U.S. federal agencies and won multiple awards for her work in HR. Through...
D.C. Circuit Court Reaches Decision on Major “Foreseeable Harm” Case
The D.C. Circuit Court has reached a decision on a major case regarding “foreseeable harm” in FOIA law, says FOIA expert Richard Huff. The case, Machado Amadis v. United States Department of Stat...
Why Case Management is a Growing Industry Despite COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily impacted the U.S. economy, resulting in unprecedented unemployment numbers and significant falls in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Many industries, such as re...
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