Government
Mar. 9, 2011
High Court Narrows FOIA Exemption
Federal agencies can't hide sensitive information about internal procedures by invoking an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act designed to protect personnel records, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Federal agencies may no longer block the release of sensitive information by invoking an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act designed to protect personnel records, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The 8-1 decision reversing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals "upsets three decades of agency practice," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court's opinion. Miln...
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