All federal, state and local laws for disseminating public information evolve from the Freedom of Information Act, also known as:

• A. F.S. 119
• B. Federal Law 89.54
• C. Public Law 89.54
• D. Public Law 89.554

Answer: (D)

FOIA is the federal law that guarantees public access to government records and establishes how information is disclosed, creating the framework many public records laws follow. The act’s official designation is Public Law 89-554, enacted in 1966, which is why it’s commonly cited by that number. States have their own public records laws (for example, Florida’s Public Records Law in F.S. 119), but those are separate from the federal FOIA designation. The other options do not reflect the actual public-law citation for the Freedom of Information Act.