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Re:FOIA Improvement Act Signed into Law by chipperyman573 on Friday July 01, 2016 @05:09PM (#12019657)
The article says there is now a 25 year limit on redacting, if I read it right. Obviously the DoD isn't going to play, so how are they getting around it? Is there a generic "security can trump this law"?
Re:FOIA Improvement Act Signed into Law by forgottenpass on Friday July 01, 2016 @05:41PM (#12019891)
The Act places a 25 year limit on the use of the deliberative process exemption

Deliberative process is just one type of exemption and is entirely separate from the national security exemption.

https://www.foia.gov/faq.html#exemptions

Re:FOIA Improvement Act Signed into Law by SapphireSun on Friday July 01, 2016 @07:21PM (#12020396)
Geological information on wells? Everything else seemed very abstract and logical and then there's this one specific thing.
Re:FOIA Improvement Act Signed into Law by dahdum on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:10PM (#12020661)
Made me curious too, here's a law blog that explains why. https://smithblawg.blogspot.com/2014/04/why-wells-exploring-...

"This category was added after witnesses testified that geological maps based on explorations by private oil companies were not covered by “trade secrets” provisions of present laws. Details of oil and gas findings must be filed with Federal agencies by companies which want to lease Government-owned land. Current regulations of the Bureau of Land Management prohibit disclosure of these details only if the disclosure “would be prejudicial to the Government” (43 CFR, pt. 2). Witnesses contended that disclosure of seismic reports and other exploratory findings of oil companies would give speculators an unfair advantage over the companies which spent millions of dollars in exploration."

Re:FOIA Improvement Act Signed into Law by Hitard on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:15PM (#12020688)
Ahhh, that must be about Mel's Hole. ;)