AP Analysis: Feds Cite Security More Often As Reason for Withholding Information [1]
March 13, 2013
An Associated Press analysis of data on Freedom of Information Act requests showed little increase in the number of FOIA requests from the public, a slight increase in rejection of such requests, and an increase in federal claims that such rejections were justified by security and internal deliberations.
- "US Citing Security To Censor More Public Records," [2] Associated Press, March 12, 2013, by Jack Gillum.
This is one of the stories in the March 13, 2013 issue of SEJ's biweekly WatchDog. Find the rest of the stories and past issues here. [3]
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