Freedom Of Information Act
Of the nearly 600,000 Freedom Of Information Act requests submitted to federal agencies in fiscal 2010, approximately 377,000 were released in full or in part, and some 30,000 others were denied. That comes from
FOIA.gov, a hub of information on FOIA requests coming into all federal agencies. The public must still submit written requests (on paper, email, Web form, or fax) directly to the agency in question, but this site provides the big picture on what people are asking for and what they're getting.
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