Federal appeals court to consider suit over identity of informants

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will get another chance to protect the identity of informants in the investigation of a real estate kickback scheme in Hawaii.

HUD had lost a round in an Hawaiian court when a three-judge panel said the agency failed to explain why it redacted the names of informants in documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act. -db

From the Courthouse News Service, January 18, 2012, by Tim Hull.

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