OPEN Government Act of 2007

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United States federal statute freedom of information law amendment

The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
OPEN Government Act of 2007 canonical 3
OPEN Government Act 2
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
freedom of information law amendment ⓘ
addresses FOIA attorney fees standards ⓘ
affects federal executive branch agencies ⓘ
amends Freedom of Information Act ⓘ
appliesTo Freedom of Information Act ⓘ
clarifies FOIA applies to agency records maintained for an agency by a contractor ⓘ
FOIA response time is tolled only in limited circumstances ⓘ
FOIA response time starts when a request is received by the appropriate component ⓘ
standard for awarding attorney fees to prevailing FOIA plaintiffs ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 5 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
defines news media requester more broadly for FOIA fee purposes ⓘ
designates Office of Government Information Services as FOIA ombudsman ⓘ
effectiveOn 2008-01-01 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enhances judicial review remedies for FOIA requesters ⓘ
public access to government information ⓘ
establishes FOIA ombudsman function within the National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
Office of Government Information Services ⓘ
improves FOIA processing and tracking mechanisms ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
prohibits agencies from outsourcing FOIA responsibilities to private contractors in ways that evade FOIA ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 110-175 ⓘ
purpose to clarify FOIA response deadlines ⓘ
to enhance rights and remedies for FOIA requesters ⓘ
to improve government transparency ⓘ
to strengthen and modernize the Freedom of Information Act ⓘ
requires agencies to assign tracking numbers to certain FOIA requests ⓘ
agencies to provide a telephone line or Internet service to check FOIA request status ⓘ
agencies to report more detailed FOIA statistics ⓘ
annual FOIA reports with additional data elements ⓘ
restricts agencies’ ability to charge certain FOIA fees when deadlines are not met ⓘ
shortName OPEN Government Act of 2007 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: OPEN Government Act
signedBy George W. Bush ⓘ
signingDate 2007-12-31 ⓘ
sponsoredBy John Cornyn ⓘ
Patrick Leahy ⓘ
strengthens enforcement of FOIA deadlines ⓘ
subjectMatter access to government records ⓘ
administrative law ⓘ
government transparency ⓘ
title OPEN Government Act of 2007 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007
yearOfEnactment 2007 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OPEN Government Act of 2007
Description of subject: The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Freedom of Information Act → amendedBy → OPEN Government Act of 2007 ⓘ
Office of Government Information Services → legalBasis → OPEN Government Act of 2007 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Open Government Act of 2007
OPEN Government Act of 2007 → shortName → OPEN Government Act of 2007 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: OPEN Government Act
OPEN Government Act of 2007 → title → OPEN Government Act of 2007 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007
OGIS → legalBasis → OPEN Government Act of 2007 ⓘ
110th United States Congress → passedAct → OPEN Government Act of 2007 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
Public Law 110-175 → shortTitle → OPEN Government Act of 2007 ⓘ
Public Law 110-175 → alsoKnownAs → OPEN Government Act of 2007 ⓘ
this entity surface form: OPEN Government Act