Summary: You can't fault them for not trying. For the fourth year in a row, the Defense Department has a special item in the draft authorization bill. It would give the Department more leeway than it has now when it comes to complying with, or saying no to, Freedom of Information Act requests. That provision has plenty of critics. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione spoke with one of them on Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Liz Hempowicz, policy director for the Project on Government Oversight.
