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Department of Justice retreats on controversial FOIA rule

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By John Tomasic | 11.04.11 | 5:00 am

The U.S Department of Justice is stepping back from a proposal that would have allowed federal agencies to lie to the public about what documents exist.

Minnesota gets an ‘F’ on freedom of government information

By Chris Steller | 07.23.09 | 2:59 pm

logoMinnesota and 37 other states got failing grades for their public-records laws from the Better Government Association (BGA), which scored states in five categories: response time, appeals, expedited review, fees and sanctions. Sluggish action on government-data requests…

ACLU files FOIA request over domestic Army deployment

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.22.08 | 9:01 am

On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union sent a freedom of information (FOIA) request to the U.S. government over “reports that an active military unit has been deployed inside the U.S. to help with ‘civil unrest’ and ‘crowd control’…