David Cuillier Appointed to U.S. FOIA Advisory Committee

David Cuillier, director of the Brechner Freedom of Information (FOI) Project, has been appointed to a third term on the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee. The committee is charged with providing recommendations to the National Archivist and to Congress for improving the FOIA process.

Cuillier served two previous two-year terms on the committee, from 2020 through 2024, leading efforts to provide alternatives to public records litigation and assessing progress in FOIA improvements from previous committee recommendations.

The committee, comprised of ten representatives from federal agencies and ten from the public records requester community, was formed by Congress in 2014 to foster dialogue between the executive branch and the requester community. The committee has passed 67 recommendations during its decade of deliberations.

National Archivist Colleen Shogan also appointed University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna Shelley Kimball, Ph.D. 2001, and Frank LoMonte, former director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information and current CNN legal counsel, to the committee.

Posted: August 15, 2024
Category: Brechner Center, College News
Tagged as: Brechner Freedom of Information Project, David Cuillier, FOIA, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration