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Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Information Act definition - legal

n

A federal law that allows individuals and organizations to compel the federal government to release copies of documents it might not otherwise choose to disclose. Abbreviated FOIA.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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