A few items selected from many of interest recently.
Justice Department drops non-disclosure proposal for FOIA requests
The United States Justice Department announced, yesterday, that it was dropping a proposed controversial rule that would allow it to deny the existence of sensitive documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Justice Department denies FOIA request for Awlaki assassination memo
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by POGO, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) "neither confirms nor denies the existence of the" OLC memo that describes the legal justification for its killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen.
The U.S. government alleges that Awlaki was a "regional commander" with al Qaeda.
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Websites proliferate to generate FOI requests
These names reflect six new websites that allow requesters to draft and file freedom of information requests online. Plus, they they track the requests and archive the answers.
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