A panel of health and science journalists said that many government agencies key to their investigations are not supporting President Obama’s transparency pledge. Delays in releasing data make it impossible for reporters to meet deadlines.
The journalists complained that when requests are made, decisions often have to be made at the highest level of political command by those with higher priorities than to deal with media requests. -db
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, October 4, 2011, by Kirsten Berg.