Sunshine Week: Obama administration wants to extend exemptions under Freedom of Information Act

The Obama administration is asking Congress to grant new exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to keep secret selected information about cybersecurity, government computer networks, and certain industrial plants and pipelines.

The FOIA already allows the government to withhold information that would hurt national security, invade personal privacy, reveal business secrets or compromise decision-making in certain areas. -db

From the Washington Post, March 13, 2012, by Associated Press.

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