New FOIA Bill
I'm hearing that the Senate Judiciary Committee is getting ready to consider S.2520, which contains a series of amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. I haven't studied the bill yet, but it appears to limit existing FOIA exemptions in several new ways. We'll report more when we figure out exactly what it would do.
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I'm hearing that the Senate Judiciary Committee is getting ready to consider S.2520, which contains a series of amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. I haven't studied the bill yet, but it appears to limit existing FOIA exemptions in several new ways. We'll report more when we figure out exactly what it would do.
Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
