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Ethics Records: The Release of Ethics Documents under the FOIA, the Privacy Act, and the EIGA

Description

In this session, we will give an overview of the intersection of the three laws, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA), and the Privacy Act, that govern the release of ethics documents and discuss what agency ethics officials need to know about complying with them.

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

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