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FOIA News: Michael Lemov weighs in on the FOIA

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The Freedom of Information Act at 52: New challenges to the people’s right to know

By Michael R. Lemov, The Hill, July 31, 2018

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) turned 52 years old on July Fourth this year. That birthday marked five decades of the Act’s effective use by citizens and the press to open up government files, force discovery of misinformation and expose outright lies.

FOIA is currently under attack through an almost secret war against public information. The current administration has embarked on a new level of opposition to open government. It is using new—and some old—tactics to avoid providing information to the public and the press

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