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The Freedom of Information act is according to FOIA.gov, The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government. The Department of Justice and The Department of State inforce that federal law. I think it benefits the people normally the government keeps things to its self and doesn’t tell the people anything. With the FOIA it gives us the right to access information from the Department of State administers information which gives you access to programs including the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and the Mandatory Declassification Review programs. These programs can be used to obtain access to a variety of Department records.