The Center for Democracy & Technology reported today that “GAO Finds Ashcroft FOIA Policy Has Impact on Fewer Agencies than Expected”. Seems that agencies are aware of Ashcroft’s 2001 memo to agencies requiring a change in freedom of information standards, but *only* 31% have decreased their release of information.

Related posts:

1. FOIA Facts: What Ever Happened to Frequently Requested Material?
2. The USA PATRIOT Act and American Libraries
3. The Information Commons: A Public Policy Report
4. Access to information sharply curtailed under Ashcroft
5. Bush foreign policy gets failing grade