As one of his first acts, President Barack Obama issued an order reversing his predecessor’s approach toward the release of government documents. Scholars, journalists, farmers and the simply curious now await the reopening of federal information taps tightened since 2001.
In fiscal 2007, for instance, the Defense Department completely granted approximately 48 percent of the FOIA requests it processed. In fiscal 1998, by contrast, the Clinton administration’s Defense Department completely granted approximately 61 percent of FOIA requests.
The Pentagon was not alone, a review of federal agency reports shows. Percentages are approximate, because of how the reports are compiled, but trends are obvious.
Source: McClatchy Newspapers
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