"Turns out, tens of thousands of people care about the Interior Department's plan to constrict the Freedom of Information Act.
Furloughed Interior workers returned this week to find more than 46,000 public comments responding to the department's controversial FOIA proposals first floated in late December. The comments were overwhelmingly negative. The comment period is set to expire at midnight tonight, and more responses are likely to flood in at the last minute.
"I am very concerned ... because these revisions will negatively impact my ability to access government information," an individual identified as Terry McClellan declared, adding that "Interior's proposed rule undermines ... transparency by imposing excessive burdens on the public.""
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