Scott A. Hodes has a very interesting proposal on FOIA Litigation Reporting Requirements. You can learn a lot of information from Scott’s FOIA Blog. I quoted his story in my FBI Informant File Public Record post.
“For instance, a request that ends up in litigation may end in one of four Department of Justice Offices. It could be defended by an attorney in DOJ’s Federal Programs Office, the Office of Information and Privacy (OIP) , a United States Attorney’s Office or if it involves the IRS, the DOJ’s Tax Division. In fact, if brought outside the District of Columbia, the lawsuit could end up being defended by any attorney handling civil matters in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the district the lawsuit is brought in. Further, a lawsuit brought against an agency that has independent litigating authority, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission won’t usually be defended by any DOJ attorney.”
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