Reporters say that under the Obama administration, they are experiencing more roadblocks than ever. A Florida reporter said she expended an excessive amount of time and energy obtaining records about a tuberculosis outbreak near Jacksonville. An environmental writer for the Associated Press has been stymied repeatedly in her FOIA request for federal data about bird deaths on wind farms in 2013. And reporters everywhere say they have to go through public information officers before speaking to a government official and are often denied access. (The Washington Post, March 30, 2015, by Paul Farhi)
A study by the Associated Press released in March showed that the Obama administration is setting records for censorship and denied access in FOIA requests. (AOL, March 18, 2015, by Ted Birdis of the Associated Press)