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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Congressmen demand end to EPA's IRS-like bias against conservative, state/local FOIA requestors

Two powerful congressional Republicans want to know more - a lot more - about why and how Environmental Protection Agency officials have for several years erected multiple obstacles to conservative think tanks, media outlets and non-profit activists filing Freedom of Information Act requests with the agency.  According to documents obtained by the Committees, EPA readily granted FOIA fee waivers for liberal environmental groups - effectively subsidizing them - while denying fee waivers and making the FOIA process more difficult for states and conservative groups," said Sen. David Vitter and Rep. Darrell Issa in a letter today to EPA's acting administrator, Bob Perciasepe.......To Read More….. To See Chart!


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