July 4 — The 58th Anniversary of The Freedom of Information Act

By Floyd Nelson, Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today, July 4, 2024

More than 50 years ago, Michael Ross Lemov was still a young, intrepid general counsel who had just finished working on the National Commission on Product Safety, the forerunner to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. That was the time he told me he started working for the late California Congressman John Moss, the primary author, the champion and the driving force behind the Freedom of Information Act.

Thus marked the beginning of a friendship, mentorship and joint commitment to American democracy and open government. Mind you, Moss had already single-handedly brought the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA into being in 1966.

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