FOIA Restrictions Bring Little Change
This is a little surprising. The GOA reports that Ashcroft's Freedom of Information Act restrictions bring little change:
Forty-eight percent of surveyed government officials who handle FOIA requests said they noticed no changes in what their agencies release to the general public since Ashcroft changed the Justice Department's FOIA memorandum. Only a third of the officials -- 31 percent -- said their agencies release less information to the public because of Ashcroft's 2001 directive, according to the General Accounting Office, Congress's watchdog arm. Of that 31 percent, only 8 percent saw more than a slight decrease, the GAO report said.
That's good, I suppose. Not good for the reputation of the "liberal" media, however.
* Ray, 9/16/2003 12:29:26 PM
