In this paper, the effect of a moving end plate on the local impedance for a porous material is studied. The characteristic impedance and complex wave number for the porous material-a common foam, is first measured using the two-cavity method. Both in air and porous material, the plane wave theory is then applied. Analysis results show that the real as well as imaginary parts of local impedance is increased if the end plate and sound source move in phase, particularly in low frequency region. On the contrary, if the end plate and sound source move out of phase, the local impedance is decreased.