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PROMISES, PROMISES: Records not so open with Obama (AP)

March 17th, 2010 Comments off

President Barack Obama speaks in Strongsville, Ohio, Monday, March 15, 2010. The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office, despite promises of increased openness, an Associated Press review found. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - One year into its promise of greater government transparency, the Obama administration is more often citing exceptions to the nation's open records law to withhold federal records even as the number of requests for information declines, according to a review by The Associated Press of agency audits about the Freedom of Information Act.


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