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Leahy/Cornyn Bill Would Help ID FOIA's 'Hidden Exemptions'

By AAN Staff
march 23, 2009  10:25 am
The Freedom of Information Act lists eight broad exemption categories covering specific areas, and has one item, Section b(3), which says that information can be exempted from disclosure by other statutes without mentioning FOIA at all. New legislation introduced last week by Sens. Patrick Leahy and John Cornyn would require any new b(3) exemptions to specifically reference FOIA, so they'd be easier to spot.
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