FOIA Advocates Say Biden Administration Is Ignoring Transparency Issues

New administrations usually issue memos on transparency. The Biden administration has ignored calls to do so.

By C.J. Ciaramella, Reason, Feb. 4, 2022

It's been more than a year since President Joe Biden took office, but his administration has yet to publish guidance to agencies on federal public record laws, a break from tradition that has frustrated transparency advocates.

This week, a coalition of transparency groups sent a second letter calling on the Justice Department to issue a memo on its interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the groundbreaking 1966 law that, in theory, ensures public access to government records.

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