AINS is pleased to announce our new FOIA Training class, The Freedom of Information and Privacy Act for Entry Level FOIA/PA Professionals, under the instruction of former Office of Information Policy (OIP) co-director Richard Huff. Mr. Huff has more than 36 years of experience working in the federal government and
AINS, Inc., held its 2012 FOIAXpress Users Group Conference in downtown Washington D.C. FOIAXpress is a software system produced by AINS, Inc. that automates compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act. Over 200 government FOIA professionals from over 50 government agencies attended the FOIAXpess conference which
Recently, there has been a lot of hype surrounding EPA’s proposed FOIA portal, but with little apparent critical analysis of the as-yet-to-be developed solution. What are the facts? What do we really know? First of all, the EPA is spending taxpayer dollars to develop software that is already available in the
AINS sponsored and exhibited at the fifth annual American Society of Access Professionals (ASAP) national training conference last week in New Orleans. ASAP is a professional and educational society dedicated to advancing awareness of government information issues and educating access professionals on industry best practices. ASAP membership primarily comprises federal information
FOIA.gov is now linking directly to department and agency online FOIA forms and FOIA portals (where available), including PAL Web Portal installations! AINS PAL Web Portal is a public-facing web portal that complements AINS FOI Tools – FOIAXpress & ATIPXpress – by providing efficient and secure communication between citizens and agencies. PAL also
