properly timing FOIPA for best results [was: 1977 Justice Dept. Report on CIA (was: Rockefeller Commission Report)]
as per, On 10/3/14, Gregory Foster <gfoster@entersection.org> wrote:
"... it was standard procedure not to notify the object of a criminal investigation (think John Gotti) once it is completed and requested under FOIA.
i have been pondering the question of when is the most effective time to file a FOIPA. presumably this would be after the statute of limitations, plus some delay, to ensure that completed/discarded investigations are included in the scope of the disclosure. does anyone have guidance on this timing? perhaps 6-8 years after initially coming under scrutiny? best regards,
2014-10-05 4:36 GMT+02:00 coderman <coderman@gmail.com>:
does anyone have guidance on this timing? perhaps 6-8 years after initially coming under scrutiny?
I have no specific knowledge/experience, but I'd say that you could use "FOIA attempt" data to construct a pretty good "FOIA completion rate" over time picture. Maybe repeating some older FOIAs can lead to interesting completion results."Delays" would also be very variable, depending on police investigations. But probably normally distributed. Ultimately Data wins! And probably nothing else :(
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