Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Treasury Wins 2008 "Rosemary Award" as Worst FOIA Agency

From the National Security Archive :

National Security Archive Annual Award Cites Shredded Letters, Decade-Long Delays, and Sub-Prime Performance

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“The Treasury Department has brought new meaning to the notion of sub-prime performance,” remarked the Archive's director Tom Blanton. “Instead of answering Freedom of Information requests, Treasury puts the burden on requesters to repeatedly confirm interest in their requests and actually destroys the original request letters the way Rose Mary Woods erased the tapes.”

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