Freedom of Information Improvements Act of 1981

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Freedom of Information Improvements Act of 1981 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with respect to request procedures, time limits, fees, and exemptions. Requires an agency to make available for public inspection only those final opinions or orders which are relied on as precedent by the agency. Prohibits a requester from seeking records relating to an ongoing civil, criminal, judicial, or administrative proceeding in which he or she is a party. Permits agencies to limit the right of making requests to "United States persons." Permits an agency to inform a requester of only the nature of public source materials, without specifically identifying items which are publicly available. Exempts from coverage of the Act informant records maintained by a law enforcement agency when access is sought by a third party according to the informant's name. Permits an agency's fee schedule to provide for all costs reasonably attributable to responding to requests (currently, an agency may charge for only the direct costs of search and duplication). Permits the charging of fair value fees or royalties, in addition to processing fees, for records containing commercially valuable technolog…