Blog

Last week, Attorney General William Barr appointed a special prosecutor to investigate intelligence and surveillance used during the Russian probe. Barr’s appointed prosecutor will work independe...

If you work with contracts, chances are you’re familiar with bids and bid protests. When a company believes it has unfairly lost a contract award due to bias, misinformation or mistake, it can su...

The 29th Annual Government Procurement Conference went off last week in D.C. without a hitch. Representatives from diversity offices and small business offices in federal and local agencies in an...

Imagine – it’s the end of the fiscal year. Your agency has just finished sorting through its FOIA backlogs and you’re on track to finish the year ahead. Then, the U.S. president mentions your age...

The deadline for agencies to submit interoperability plans with the FOIA Portal is almost here! By May 10, 2019, all government agencies must submit plans to the Department of Justice to show how...

AINS is proud to announce our 13th Annual Stevie® Awards Winners, Pamela Ackley and Caroline Ige. Ackley, Director of Support Services, and Ige, FOIAXpress Trainer, both received Bronze in the ca...

If, like us, you’re up-to-date on current events, you’ll know the flurry that has surrounded the U.S. Department of Justice in recent days. In the wake of Special Counsel Robert Mueller handing o...

Human Resources (HR) is a necessary and vital part of every organization, and effective HR management is key to each organization’s success. As such, HR departments need tools that can help them...

On January 16th, AINS was notified that two of our amazing help desk support staff are confirmed finalists for the 13th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Caroline Ige and Pam...

Now that we’ve entered the new year, it’s a good time for government agencies to anticipate the types of FOIA requests they might receive throughout 2019 as well as the trends that may arise from...