To enforce transparency, Darrell Issa (R- Ca), the new chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked a number of government agencies to submit records of Freedom of Information Act requests over the last five years.
But House Democrats said the request would take too many hours of agency time, making it even more difficult to honor current FOIA requests. They also said that the move would chill the public’s inclination to make FOIA requests. -db
From the Federal Times, February 8, 2011, by Sean Reilly.