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Thursday, August 19, 2004

ALA files comments on DHS Management Directive

From the ALAWON e-news:
Today ALA filed comments on a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
proposed management directive for 'compliance' with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The portion of the directive on disclosure of information is very expansive -- in its restrictions -- and appears to attempt to accomplish by directive what DHS has not been allowed to do by statute. We urge DHS to revise the Directive to comply with the law by limiting its nondisclosure provisions to information that unambiguously qualifies for withholding under one of the exemptions provided in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).


You can find ALA's comments in PDF form on their website.

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