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Sen. Grassley Introduces Bill to Put Smithsonian Under FOIA

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· Story link Sen. Charles Grassley, a longtime critic of the management of the Smithsonian Institution, has introduced a bill…

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Sen. Charles Grassley, a longtime critic of the management of the Smithsonian Institution, has introduced a bill in the Senate to subject the Smithsonian to the federal Freedom of Information Act. The institution was created as a federal trust and exempted from FOIA by two appeals court rulings in the early 1990s. (7/24/08)

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