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PROMISES, PROMISES: Records not so open with Obama

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WASHINGTON -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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2010-03-17 03:24:15
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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.