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Subject: [District Dispatch] Bill to expand FOIA disclosures awaits president's signature<br>To: <a href="mailto:district@ala.org">district@ala.org</a><br><br><br>FULL POST:<a href="http://bit.ly/cd3HAi" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/cd3HAi</a><br>
--<br>District Dispatch has posted a new item, 'Bill to expand FOIA disclosures<br>awaits president’s signature'<br><br>On September 23, the House of Representatives voted to pass S. 3717, a bill to<br>amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940,<br>
and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain disclosures<br>under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the<br>Freedom of Information Act).<br><br>The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows the public to petition for access<br>
to government documents and the amended laws were attempting to provide the<br>Security and Exchange Commission unwarranted exemptions. FOIA was created to<br>protect classified government information while at the same time providing the<br>
public with a way to access that information that is not classified.<br><br>The bill passed in unchanged in both the Senate and the House and is now<br>awaiting the President’s signature.<br><br>This is an important step to ensure that the Freedom of Information Act and the<br>
public’s right to know are not impeded. As Sen. Leahy said, “The Freedom<br>of Information Act has long recognized the need to balance the government’s<br>legitimate interest in protecting confidential business records, trade secrets,<br>
and other sensitive information from public disclosure, and preserving the<br>public’s right to know. To accomplish this, care must always be taken to<br>ensure that exemptions to FOIA’s disclosure requirements are narrowly and<br>
properly applied. The bill accomplishes this important goal.”<br><br>Read Sen. Leahy's text at:<br><a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Leahy-CR.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Leahy-CR.pdf</a><br>
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posted.<br>Best regards,<br>Jacob Roberts<br><a href="mailto:jroberts@alawash.org">jroberts@alawash.org</a></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
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