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Where Have All the FOIAs Gone? A Lament for Transparency.
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One way to judge a president’s record is to assess the promises he made when he first took office. That’s what Bloomberg News did with President Barack Obama’s vow to create “an unprecedented level of openness in government” and “act promptly” to make information public.
By that benchmark, Americans aren’t much better off than they were four years ago.