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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Study Shows Obtaining Info From Government Under FOIA Poses Long Delays

"Getting information from the government under the [federal] Freedom of Information Act can take longer than waiting for ketchup to flow from a new bottle. Much longer."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287856,00.html

FOIA is a joke. Washington's Public Records Act was consciously designed to be better than FOIA.