With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Sunshine Week

SOURCE: Washington Post
3/13/19

The government effort to make FOIA “as bad as possible”

by Nate Jones

The Department of Justice's historical effort to weaken the Freedom Of Information Act and why Congress must strengthen the law.

Sign up for the HNN Newsletter

Sunshine Week

The government effort to make FOIA “as bad as possible”

by Nate Jones