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Redacted fudge, million-dollar fees and the NSA's technical difficulties highlight the worst in government transparency.
The public's right to access government information is constantly under siege across the United States, from both sides of the political aisle.
The public's right to access government information is constantly under siege across the United States, from both sides of the political aisle. In Maryland, where Democrats hold majorities, the attorney general and state Legislature are pushing a bill to allow agencies to reject public records requests that they consider "harassing."
At the same time, President Donald Trump's administration has moved its most aggressive government reform effort—the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE—outside the reach of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), while also beginning the mass removal of…
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