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Citing GAO Report, Sen. Cornyn Calls for Faster FOIA Improvements

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A new Government Accountability Office report says some government departments and agencies have made progress in reducing their backlog of…

A new Government Accountability Office report says some government departments and agencies have made progress in reducing their backlog of FOIA requests as a result of the president’s 2005 executive order but that much remains to be done. That prompted Sen. John Cornyn, R-TX, sponsor the FOIA reform legislation that became law as the end of last year, to call on agencies to quickly implement the changes called for in the new law. (4/16/08)

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