FOIA

See also: foia

English

Etymology

First use appears c. 1968, in the publication Administrative Law Review.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪjə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə

Proper noun

FOIA

  1. (law, US politics) Acronym of Freedom of Information Act.
    • 2017 July 23, Michelle Cottle, “The War on the Freedom of Information Act”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      FOIA is what enables regular people to pester powerful federal agencies into handing over information about what they’ve been up to. FOIA’s website calls it “the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government.”
    • 2025 March 30, Tierney Sneed, “Is DOGE actually an agency? The answer could have major ramifications”, in CNN‎[2]:
      The watchdog group behind the FOIA litigation has taken up Cooper’s invitation for discovery, seeking depositions of Gleason and of Steve Davis, a longtime Musk adviser now involved with DOGE, as well as other internal information about its work.

Further reading

Verb

FOIA (third-person singular simple present FOIAs, present participle FOIAing, simple past and past participle FOIAed)

  1. (law, transitive) To request or obtain records using the Freedom of Information Act.

Anagrams

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