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Attorney General applies presumption of openness in Freedom of Information Act guidelines
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http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR268.htm
Publisher: Reporters without Borders
Date Written: 23/03/2009
Year Published: 2009
Resource Type: Article
Reporters Without Borders today welcomed US Attorney General Eric Holderâ##s guidelines on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in which he breaks with the Bush Administrationâ##s stance of withholding information and applies a presumption of openne
Abstract: Reporters Without Borders today welcomed US Attorney General Eric Holderâ##s guidelines on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in which he expressly breaks with the Bush Administrationâ##s stance of withholding information and applies a presumption of openness, in a memo to heads of executive deparments and agencies.
The memo stipulates that federal departments should â#oreadily and systematically post information online in advance of any public request.â## In addition, the agencies should ...
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