Tone deaf Obama administration canceling White House FOIA on National Freedom of Information Day.

From USA Today:

The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.

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But the timing of the move raised eyebrows among transparency advocates, coming on National Freedom of Information Day and during a national debate over the preservation of Obama administration records. It’s also Sunshine Week, an effort by news organizations and watchdog groups to highlight issues of government transparency.

Read it here.

2 thoughts on “Tone deaf Obama administration canceling White House FOIA on National Freedom of Information Day.”

  1. WASHINGTON — The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.
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    “The White House said the cleanup of FOIA regulations is consistent with court rulings that hold that the office is not subject to the transparency law. The office handles, among other things, White House record-keeping duties like the archiving of e-mails.”–USATODAY— This part must have been over looked?

  2. You really are starved for sources. First you cite the Soo Foo Funny paper (the Arduous-Leader, a complete joke of a fish wrap) and now USA Today. Which is big brother of the Arduous-Leader,

    Seriously, you need a subscription to the Washington Times, boy.

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