Depending on who you ask, Freedom of Information laws work to varying degrees of success or not at all. A look at the disparate views on the effectiveness of these laws helps us pinpoint the difficulties that stand in the way of achieving a truly transparent government in the United States.
This blog post was written to promote an accompanying white paper on the topic regarding the history of public records requests in the U.S.
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