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Archived guidance may be superseded by new developments in the law. Some guidance articles may have direct notices that the guidance has been impacted over time.  For any topic addressed in archived guidance, agencies should consult the most recent resources available, including new decisions, the Department of Justice Guide to the FOIA, and OIP's most recent guidance articles. If you have a question regarding any topic addressed in archived guidance, please contact OIP's FOIA Counselor Service Line at (202) 514-FOIA (3642). 

FOIA Update, Vol. XX, No. 1
                      - Supreme Court Vacates Exemption 1 Decision  (page 1)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 2-3)
                      - FOIA Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIX, No. 4
                      - Attorney General Encourages FOIA Officers  (page 1)
                      - Congress Enacts FOIA-Related Legislation  (page 2)
                      - Attorney General Reno's September 3, 1999 FOIA Memorandum  (pages 3-5)
                      - Administrative Corner  (page 5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: FBI Negotiation Team  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIX, No. 3 (Summer 1998)
                      - Congressional Hearing Looks at Agencies' Electronic FOIA Amendment Implementation  (page 1)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Recommendations for FOIA Web Sites  (pages 3-4)
                      - Justice Department EFOIA Testimony  (pages 5-6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIX, No. 2 (Spring 1998)
                      - President Issues Privacy Act-Related Memorandum to All Federal Agencies  (page 1)
                      - Web Site Watch: Locating and Maintaining Accurate Information on FOIA Home Pages  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIX, No. 1 (Winter 1998)
                      - Air Force Undertakes Affirmative Electronic Information Disclosure  (page 1)
                      - Web Site Watch: NOAA Develops User-Friendly Web Site for FOIA  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Electronic FOIA Amendments Implementation Guidance Outline  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVIII, No. 4 (Fall 1997)
                      - New Disclosure Rule Adopted for Unit Prices  (page 1)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 2)
                      - Index to *FOIA Update*, Volumes I-XVIII, 1979-1997  (pages i-ix)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 3)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 (Summer 1997)
                      - Agencies Develop Web Sites for FOIA  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Guidelines for Agency Preparation and Submission of Annual FOIA Reports  (pages 3-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (Spring 1997)
                      - Attorney General Reiterates FOIA Policy  (page 1)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVIII, No. 1 (Winter 1997)
                      - Supreme Court Rules in Mailing List Case  (page 1)
                      - New Statute Protects Contractor Proposals  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Amendment Implementation Questions  (pages 3-6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVII, No. 4 (Fall 1996)
                      - Congress Enacts FOIA Amendments  (pages 1-2)
                      - The Freedom of Information Act: 5 U.S.C. § 552, As Amended By Public Law No. 104-231, 110 Stat. 3048  (pages 3-11)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 12)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVII, No. 3 (Summer 1996)
                      - House Committee Develops Its Own Electronic Record FOIA Amendment Bill  (pages 1-2)
                      - Text of House FOIA Amendment Bill H.R. 3802 (Proposed Legislation)  (pages 3-6)
                      - Attorney General Gives Openness Speech  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVII, No. 2 (Spring 1996)
                      - Senate Advances Electronic FOIA Bill  (page 1)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: The Bifurcation Requirement for Privacy "Glomarization"  (pages 3-4)
                      - Text of Senate FOIA Amendment Bill S. 1090 (Proposed Legislation)  (pages 5-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVII, No. 1 (Winter 1996)
                      - Agencies Explore Use of Document Imaging in Automated FOIA Processing  (pages 1-2)
                      - FOIA Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVI, No. 3 (Fall 1995)
                      - Attorney General Reno Institutes New FOIA-Related Performance Standards  (page 1)
                      - Novel Exemption 2 Decision is Appealed  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Determining the Scope of a FOIA Request  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Charlene W. Thomas  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVI, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 1995)
                      - New E.O. on Classification of National Security Information Issued  (pages 1-2)
                      - *Case List* Now Published on Biennial Cycle  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: The Timing of New E.O. Applicability  (pages 3,12)
                      - Litigation Review: History of Exemption 1 Disclosure Orders  (pages 4,12)
                      - E.O. 12,958 -- Classified National Security Information  (pages 5-10)
                      - E.O. Comparison Chart  (page 11)
                      - *Rosenfeld* Decision Issued by 9th Circuit  (page 13)
                      - *Armstrong*Argument Scheduled in D.C. Circuit  (page 13)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 14)
                      - FOIA Focus: Steve Garfinkel  (page 15)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 16)

FOIA Update, Vol. XVI, No. 1 (Winter 1995)
                      - Agencies Place Increasing Emphasis on Affirmative Information Disclosure  (pages 1-2)
                      - FOIA Publications Available on Internet  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XV, No. 4 (Fall 1994)
                      - Proposed Electronic Record FOIA Principles Circulated  (pages 1-2)
                      - Proposed Electronic Record FOIA Principles  (pages 3-6)
                      - Litigation Review Yields Greater Review Disclosure  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XV, No. 3 (Summer 1994)
                      - Senate Passes FOIA Amendment Bill  (pages 1-2)
                      - Text of S. 1782 (Proposed Legislation)  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - NPR FOIA Activities at DOJ  (page 6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XV, No. 2 (Spring 1994)
                      - Attorney General Reno Celebrates Annual Freedom of Information Day  (pages 1-2)
                      - Supreme Court Decides FLRA Privacy Issue  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Applying the "Foreseeable Harm" Standard Under Exemption 5  (pages 3-6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XV, No. 1 (Winter 1994)
                      - Senate FOIA Bill Reintroduced  (page 1)
                      - Text of Senate FOIA Amendment Bill S. 1782 (Proposed Legislation)  (pages 2-3)
                      - FOIA Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIV, No. 3 (Summer/Fall 1993)
                      - President and Attorney General Issue New FOIA Policy Memoranda  (pages 1-2)
                      - President Clinton's FOIA Memorandum  (page 3)
                      - Attorney General Reno's FOIA Memorandum  (pages 4-5)
                      - FOIA Memo on White House Records  (pages 6-8)
                      - FOIA Day Presentation  (pages 8-9)
                      - *Landano*Decision Requires Greater Disclosure  (page 10)
                      - Justice Changes Policy on Exemption 7(D) Disclosure  (page 10)
                      - OIP Guidance: The "Reasonable Segregation" Obligation  (pages 11-12)
                      - FOIA Conferences Planned  (page 12)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 13-14)
                      - FOIA Focus: Ross Cirrincione  (page 15)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 16)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIV, No. 2 (Spring 1993)
                      - Supreme Court Lets *Critical Mass* Stand  (page 1)
                      - Court Accepts Exemption 6 Case  (page 1)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: The*Critical Mass* Distinction Under Exemption 4  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Exemption 4 Under *Critical Mass*: Step-By-Step Decisionmaking  (pages 6-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIV, No. 1 (Winter 1993)
                      - Agencies Implement New JFK Statute  (page 1)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 2-3)
                      - FOIA Adminstrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIII, No. 4 (Fall 1992)
                      - New Leading Case Under Exemption 4  (pages 1-2)
                      - Index to *FOIA Update*, Volumes I-XIII, 1979-1992  (pages i-ix)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 3)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIII, No. 3 (Summer 1992)
                      - Court to Hear Exemption 7(D) Case  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: The "Automatic" Disclosure Provisions of FOIA: Subsections (a) (1) & (a) (2)  (pages 3-4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: William Edward Bordley  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (Spring 1992)
                      - Senate "Electronic" FOIA Hearing Held  (page 1)
                      - New *Case List* and *Guide* Publications  (page 2)
                      - Justice Department Testimony on S. 1940  (pages 3-10)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 11)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 12)

FOIA Update, Vol. XIII, No. 1 (Winter 1992)
                      - Supreme Court Upholds Privacy in *Ray*  (page 1)
                      - New "FOIA Forum" Program Planned  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XII, No. 4 (Fall 1991)
                      - Senate FOIA Legislation Introduced  (pages 1-2)
                      - Text of Senate FOIA Amendment Bills  (pages 3-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XII, No. 3 (Summer 1991)
                      - Supreme Court Stays FOIA Disclosures  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Referral and Consultation Procedures  (pages 3-4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 5-6)
                      - FOIA Focus: GayLa D. Sessoms  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XII, No. 2 (Spring 1991)
                      - Agencies Conduct Specialized Training  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Procedural Rules Under the D.C. Circuit's *Oglesby* Decision  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. XII, No. 1 (Winter 1991)
                      - Supreme Court to Hear Privacy Case  (page 1)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 2-3)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. XI, No. 3 (Fall 1990)
                      - Space Shuttle Privacy Appeal Decided  (page 1)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 2)
                      - Department of Justice Report on "Electronic Record" FOIA Issues, Part II  (pages 3-12)

FOIA Update, Vol. XI, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 1990)
                      - New Justice Department Policy Office  (page 1)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 2)
                      - Department of Justice Report on "Electronic Record" FOIA Issues, Part I  (pages 3-21)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 22-23)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 24)

FOIA Update, Vol. XI, No. 1 (Winter 1990)
                      - FOIA Affected by Budget Constraints  (pages 1-2)
                      - Supreme Court Declines Fee Case  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. X, No. 4 (Fall 1989)
                      - Government Wins *John Doe Corp.*Case  (pages 1-2)
                      - *Case List*Publication Delayed by GPO  (page 2)
                      - Index to *FOIA Update*, Volumes I-X, 1979-1989  (pages i-viii)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. X, No. 3 (Summer 1989)
                      - Government Loses *Tax Analysts* Case  (pages 1-2)
                      - "Electronic Record" Survey Continues  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Protecting Vulnerability Assessments Through Application of Exemption Two  (pages 3-4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions and Answers  (page 5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 6-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. X, No. 2 (Spring 1989)
                      - *Reporters Committee* Decided Broadly  (page 1)
                      - OIP Takes "Electronic Record" Survey  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Privacy Protection Under the Supreme Court's *Reporters Committee* Decision  (pages 3-6)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Exemption 6 and Exemption 7(C): Step-by-Step Decisionmaking  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. X, No. 1 (Winter 1989)
                      - Supreme Court to Decide*Tax Analysts*  (pages 1-2)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. IX, No. 4 (Fall 1988)
                      - Supreme Court Hears *Reporters Committee*  (pages 1-2)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Transition Team FOIA Issues  (pages 3-4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 6-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. IX, No. 3 (Summer 1988)
                      - FOIA Oversight Hearing Held  (pages 1-2)
                      - Excerpts from Justice Testimony  (pages 3-14)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 15)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 16)

FOIA Update, Vol. IX, No. 2 (Spring 1988)
                      - Supreme Court Decides *Julian*  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Privacy Protection in the Wake of the *Reporters Committee* Decisions  (pages 3-4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 6-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. IX, No. 1 (Winter 1988)
                      - New FOIA Legislation Proposed to Promote U.S. Competitiveness  (pages 1-2)
                      - A.G. Memo on Reform Act Issued  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (Fall 1987)
                      - FOIA Cases Before Supreme Court  (pages 1-2)
                      - Focus on FOIA "Ombudsman" Role  (page 2)
                      - Index to *FOIA Update*, Volumes I-VIII, 1979-1987  (pages i-viii)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. VIII, No. 2 (Summer 1987)
                      - Executive Order on Business Data Issued  (page 1)
                      - Executive Order No. 12,600 -- Issued June 23, 1987  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Broad Protection for Witness Statements  (pages 4-5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 6-7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. VIII, No. 1 (Winter/Spring 1987)
                      - New FOIA Fee Provisions Take Effect  (pages 1-2)
                      - New Fee Waiver Policy Guidance  (pages 3-10)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 11)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 12)

FOIA Update, Vol. VII, No. 4 (Fall 1986)
                      - FOIA Reform Legislation Enacted  (pages 1-2)
                      - The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, As Amended By The Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1986, Public Law No. 99-570, §§ 1801-04  (pages 3-6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. VII, No. 3 (Summer 1986)
                      - FOIA Training Still Widely Available  (pages 1-2)
                      - 1986 *Case List*  (page 2)
                      - Supplemental Fee Waiver Guidance  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Protecting Federal Personnel Lists  (pages 3-4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: L. Jeffrey Ross  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. VII, No. 2 (Spring 1986)
                      - House Advances Limited FOIA Bill  (page 1)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - 1986 *Case List*  (page 4)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. VII, No. 1 (Winter 1986)
                      - Surrogate FOIA Requests Increasing  (pages 1-2)
                      - Agency Coordination Essential  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Privacy "Glomarization"  (pages 3-4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: John D. Heine  (page 7)
                      - LEI Cutbacks  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. VI, No. 4 (Fall 1985)
                      - Markman New Head of OLP  (page 1)
                      - The Mechanics of FOIA Processing  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Protecting Settlement Negotiations  (pages 3-4)
                      - Under Advisement  (page 4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Karen B. Cameron  (page 7)
                      - 1985 *Case List*  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. VI, No. 3 (Summer 1985)
                      - FOIA Litigation Requires Coordination  (pages 1-2)
                      - New FOIA Lawsuits Remain at High Level  (page 1)
                      - OIP Guidance: Discretionary Disclosure and Exemption 4  (page 3)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: "Preclusion" Doctrines Under the FOIA  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Georgene S. Cassels  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. VI, No. 2 (Spring 1985)
                      - Supreme Court Decides *Sims*  (page 1)
                      - FOIA Supreme Court History  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: The Attorney-Client Privilege  (pages 3-4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Kenneth S. Geller  (page 7)
                      - 1985 *Case List*  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. VI, No. 1 (Winter 1985)
                      - Protecting National Security Under the FOIA  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Protecting Intrinsic Commercial Value  (pages 3-4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Brenda S. Reger  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. V, No. 4 (Fall 1984)
                      - FOIA Reform Effort Stalls in House  (page 1)
                      - Special FOIA Relief for CIA  (page 1)
                      - Supreme Court Hears *Sims*  (page 2)
                      - 1984 *Case List*  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: "Agency Records" vs. "Personal Records"  (pages 3-4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: The Breadth of Work-Product Protection  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Randall R. Rader  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. V, No. 3 (Summer 1984)
                      - House Subcommittee Considers FOIA Reform Legislation  (pages 1,4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 2)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 4)

FOIA Update, Vol. V, No. 2 (Spring 1984)
                      - Protecting Law Enforcement Data  (page 1)
                      - The Processing of Investigatory Records  (pages 1-2, 15)
                      - FOIA Counselor: The "Generic" Aspect of Exemption 7(A)  (pages 3-4)
                      - *FOIA Update* to be Available on JURIS  (page 4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (pages 5-7)
                      - Guest Article: The Privacy Act as an Exemption Three Statute  (pages 8-9)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 10-12)
                      - Supreme Court Update  (pages 12-13)
                      - FOIA Focus: Thomas H. Bresson  (pages 14-15)
                      - 1984 *Case List*  (page 15)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 16)

FOIA Update, Vol. V, No. 1 (Winter 1984)
                      - Senate Passes Extensive FOIA Reform Legislation  (pages 1, 6)
                      - Wide Variety of FOIA Training Available  (pages 1-2, 6)
                      - OIP Guidance: Congressional Access Under FOIA  (pages 3-4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - Index to *FOIA Update*, Volumes I-IV, 1978-1983  (pages i-iv)
                      - FOIA Focus: C. Nicholas Kalcounos  (pages 7, 11)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 8-9)
                      - Under Advisement  (page 9)
                      - Supreme Court Update  (page 9)
                      - FOIA Counselor: The Unique Protection of Exemption 2  (page 10)
                      - New *Update* Managing Editor  (page 11)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 12)

FOIA Update, Vol. IV, No. 4 (Fall 1983)
                      - Protecting Business Information  (pages 1-2, 12)
                      - Predisclosure Business Notification Procedures  (pages 1, 12)
                      - OIP Guidance: Copyrighted Materials and the FOIA  (pages 3-5)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 6-7)
                      - Guest Article: The Case Against *National Parks*  (pages 8-9)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Unit Prices Under Exemption 4  (pages 10-11)
                      - Supreme Court Update  (page 12)
                      - FOIA Focus: Linda L. Robinson  (pages 13,15)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (pages 14-15)
                      - "GDS" Discontinued  (page 15)
                      - 1983 *Case List* Now Available  (page 15)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 16)

FOIA Update, Vol. IV, No. 3 (Summer 1983)
                      - Exemption 5 Upheld in *Grolier*  (pages 1-2)
                      - Senate Committee Approves FOIA Bill  (page 1-2)
                      - OIP Guidance: When to Expedite FOIA Requests  (page 3)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Attorney Work-Product Protection  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Maj. Michael E. Schneider  (page 7)
                      - Privacy Act Course to be Held Nov. 18  (page 8)
                      - OIP to Publish 1983 *Case List*  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. IV, No. 2 (Spring 1983)
                      - FOIA Reform Bill Advances Toward Passage in Senate  (page 1)
                      - Update on FOIA *Case List* Citations  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: The Privacy Act and FOIA Exemption 3  (page 3)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: The Effect of Prior Disclosure: Waiver of Exemptions  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Connie F. Ahrens  (page 7)
                      - Supreme Court Update  (page 8)
                      - Justice Offers New Training  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. IV, No. 1 (January 1983)
                      - Justice Issues Fee Waiver Guidance  (page 1)
                      - Fees  (pages 2-3)
                      - Fee Waiver Policy Guidance  (pages 3-4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Fee Waiver Procedural Considerations  (page 4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Rebecca H. Lima  (page 7)
                      - OIP Publishes '82 *Case List*  (page 8)
                      - *Certiorari* Granted in *Grolier v. FTC*  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. III, No. 4 (September 1982)
                      - Protecting Privacy  (page 1)
                      - Privacy Protection Practices Examined  (pages 1-2)
                      - OIP to Publish 1982 *Case List*  (page 2)
                      - OIP Guidance: Privacy Protection Considerations  (page 3)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 4)
                      - FOIA Legal and Administrative Contacts at Federal Agencies  (pages i-iv)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Factoring in the "Public Interest"  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Focus: Ethel A. Burrows  (page 7)
                      - Survey Shows Training Needs  (page 8)
                      - *Certiorari*Sought  (page 8)
                      - Upcoming Issues  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. III, No. 3 (June 1982)
                      - Senate Committee Approves Broad FOIA Reform Bill  (pages 1-2)
                      - New Features  (page 1)
                      - OIP Guidance: Submitters' Rights  (page 3)
                      - OIP Survey: Submitter Notice Practices  (pages 4-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Questions & Answers  (page 5)
                      - Guest Article: An Overview of Executive Order 12356  (pages 6-7)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 8-9)
                      - Supreme Court Update  (page 9)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Protecting "Outside" Advice  (page 10)
                      - FOIA Focus: Leonard Schaitman  (page 11)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 11)
                      - Basic FOIA References  (page 12)

FOIA Update, Vol. III, No. 2 (March 1982)
                      - New FOIA Office Established  (pages 1-2)
                      - FOIA Reform Bill Moves Forward  (pages 1-2)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Discovery, the Privacy Act and FOIA  (page 3)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (pages 4-5)
                      - Supreme Court Update  (page 5)
                      - Justice Offers New Training Course  (page 6)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 7)
                      - ASAP Elects New Officers  (page 7)
                      - FOIA/PA Training Needs Survey  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. III, No. 1 (December 1981)
                      - FOIA Reform Proposed  (pages 1-2)
                      - Recordkeeping Procedures Examined  (pages 1, 11)
                      - Text of Freedom of Information Act, Showing Changes Proposed in S. 1751/H.R. 4805  (pages 3-8)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 9)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Paths to Information  (page 10)
                      - *Certiorari* Granted  (page 10)
                      - FEMA Offers FOIA Training  (page 11)
                      - OILP Publishes 1981 *Case List*  (page 12)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 12)

FOIA Update, Vol. II, No. 4 (September 1981)
                      - Agency-FOIA Areas of Concern  (pages 1-2)
                      - Approaching the Bench: When Plaintiff "Substantially Prevails"  (pages 3, 6)
                      - OILP Update: Problems With Time  (page 4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 5)
                      - *Certiorari* Granted  (page 5)
                      - Congress Approves FOIA-Tax Action  (page 6)
                      - Information Policy Around the World  (page 7)
                      - OILP Issues '81 *Case List*  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. II, No. 3 (June 1981)
                      - Justice Sets New FOIA Policy  (pages 1-2)
                      - Hearings Scheduled on FOIA  (pages 1-2)
                      - Policy Guidance: Attorney General's Memo on FOIA  (page 3)
                      - Approaching the Bench: Determining Attorney's Fees  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Federal Job Data May be Disclosed  (page 4)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - At Commerce Department Decentralization is Key to FOIA Work  (page 7)
                      - New Booklet on FOIA is Consumer Best Seller  (page 8)
                      - ASAP Group Studies Federal Access Series  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. II, No. 2 (Winter 1981)
                      - Space Agency Observes a "Mandate" for Openness  (page 1)
                      - Retiring Director of OILP to Review "FOIA Decade"  (page 1)
                      - FOIA Oversight Committees Named  (page 2)
                      - Policy Discussion: Similar Files: A Concept in Peril  (pages 3-5)
                      - Update on Agency Records  (page 4)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Disclosure of Prices  (pages 5-6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - Approaching the Bench: Initial Litigation Strategies  (page 7)
                      - *FOIA Update* Readership Survey  (page 7)
                      - ABA Committee Plans Trade Secrets Seminar  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. II, No. 1 (Fall 1980)
                      - NARS Guides Agencies in Surviving Washington Paperchase  (pages 1-2)
                      - Policy Discussion: Guidance on Fee Waivers  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: What is an "Agency Record?"  (pages 5-6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - Approaching the Bench: *In Camera* Inspection  (page 7)
                      - Access Professionals Organize; Plan Meetings Jan. 8, March 5  (pages 7-8)
                      - FOIA *Case List* Available from GPO  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. I, No. 4 (Summer 1980)
                      - DOD's Keys to Success  (pages 1-2)
                      - Utah FOIA/PA Seminar for Interior  (pages 2, 7)
                      - Policy Guidance: Release of Exempt Information to Members of Congress: The Impact of the *Murphy* Decision  (pages 3-5)
                      - FOIA *Case List* Available  (page 5)
                      - FOIA Counselor: The "High" and "Low" of Exemption Two  (page 6)
                      - New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - Approaching the Bench  (page 7)
                      - New Association Forming ASAP  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. I, No. 3 (Spring 1980)
                      - Attorney General, OILP Meet USAs  (page 1)
                      - Letters to the Editor  (page 2)
                      - Costs and Benefits--FOIA  (pages 2, 7)
                      - Legal and Policy Guidance: Status of Internal Audit Reports Under the Freedom of Information Act  (page 3)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Privacy Act/FOIA, Conflict or Harmony?  (page 5)
                      - New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - FOIA References  (page 6)
                      - Approaching the Bench: Contents of Affidavits  (page 7)
                      - In Future Issues  (page 8)
                      - FOIA *Case List*  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. I, No. 2 (Winter 1980)
                      - FOIA in a Time of Crisis -- NRC and Three Mile Island  (pages 1-2)
                      - Estimating FOIA Costs  (pages 1, 8)
                      - FOIA Counselor: What is a FOIA Request?  (page 2)
                      - Policy Discussion: Business Confidentiality After *Chrysler*  (pages 3-6)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 6)
                      - Approaching the Bench: Affidavits  (page 7)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)

FOIA Update, Vol. I, No. 1 (Autumn 1979)
                      - Coordination Stressed at HEW  (pages 1, 8)
                      - Why *FOIA Update*?  (pages 1-2)
                      - FOIA Counselor: Consultations Still Informal  (page 2)
                      - Policy Guidance: When to Assert the Deliberative Privilege Under FOIA Exemption Five  (pages 3-5)
                      - Principal FOIA Reference Materials  (page 5)
                      - Future FOIA Training  (page 6)
                      - Approaching the Bench  (page 7)
                      - In Future Issues  (page 8)
                      - Significant New Decisions  (page 8)
                      - FOIA Training Opportunities  (page 8)