22.11.2014 - 12:49 [ Techdirt ]

Small Change To National Archivist‘s Powers May Keep Government Agencies From Destroying Embarrassing Documents

There may be some better news on the way for those of us who like free-as-in-FOIA information and an accountable government. Professor and attorney Douglas Cox points out that an amendment to the statutes governing the National Archive may give that agency the power to keep records of public interest from being deleted, destroyed or otherwise hidden.