Sign up for the Open Government eNewsletter
We warmly welcome your thoughts on og-blog and especially welcome your emails with suggested postings and links to interesting stories and court cases. If you have something to say about open government in Washington State, sending it to og-blog is probably the best way to get it out. Don’t hesitate to contact us at greg@overstreet-law.com.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Obama Administration to GOP: Your FOIA Investigation Is Killing Us

The GOP Chair of House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, asked for records on how federal agencies are handling FOIA requests.

The Obama administration responded by saying that Rep. Issa's request would significantly overburden the agencies.

So it's too much work to see how federal agencies are complying--or not--with FOIA? Then that would make actually complying with FOIA way, way too much work.