Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Administration Eases Information Flow
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The Clinton Administration promised to make more government information available to the public as it revoked a 12-year-old restriction on the Freedom of Information Act. “Federal departments and agencies should handle requests for information in a customer-friendly manner,” President Clinton said. At the Justice Department, officials said the Administration is rescinding a 1981 rule that let federal agencies withhold information whenever they could show “a substantial legal basis.”
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