Summary
Since 1998, many federal departments have been reducing the amount of information they release to the public even as the government fields and answers more requests for information than ever, an Associated Press review has found.
The locations of stores and restaurants that have received recalled meat, the names of detainees held by the U.S. overseas and details about Vice President Dick Cheney's 2001 energy policy task force are all among the records that the government isn't sharing with the public.See the full content of this document
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Government Acts Cloud Sunshine Laws
The tightening began even before the Sept. 11 attacks, and now government defenders say the nation needs protection from its enemies in the war on terror. But open government advocates worry that U.S. citizens' freedom is eroding with every file they can't access.
"This is an immensely troubling clampdown," said Steve Aftergood, director of the Federation of American Scien...See the full content of this document
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