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FOIA en · PROPN

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

(US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym of Freedom of Information Act.
alt of Freedom of Information Act
- Not all heroes wear capes, but most of them file FOIA requests. 2026 July 12, u/Vegetable-Phone-1743, r/law (Reddit post), archived from the original on 14 Jul 2026:
- 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.” 2017 July 23, Michelle Cottle, “The War on the Freedom of Information Act”, in The Atlantic:
- 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. 2025 March 30, Tierney Sneed, “Is DOGE actually an agency? The answer could have major ramifications”, in CNN:

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

Spelling	Features	Source
FOIAs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
FOIAed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
FOIAed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
FOIAing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic