House
Subcommittee Hearing:
"The State of the [Freedom of Information Act]: Assessing Agency Efforts to
Meet FOIA Requirements"
On
February 14, 2007, the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National
Archives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in the House of
Representatives held a hearing entitled "The State of the FOIA: Assessing
Agency Efforts to Meet FOIA Requirements." Testifying on behalf of
the executive branch were Melanie Ann Pustay, Acting Director, Office of
Information and Privacy, Department of Justice and Linda Koontz, Director,
Information Management, Government Accountability Office.
Ms.
Pustay detailed steps taken by the Department of Justice to ensure Governmentwide
compliance with both the FOIA and Executive Order 13,392, "Improving Agency
Disclosure of Information." See Statement
of Ms. Pustay (February 15, 2007). Ms. Koontz reported on GAO's
recent findings concerning agency FOIA Improvement Plans created under the
Executive Order.
The
second panel of witnesses consisted of private sector witnesses from the
Sunshine in Government Initiative, American Civil Liberties Union, and the
National Security Archive at George Washington University. (posted
3/5/07)
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