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Show HERALD DAILY Wednesday, December 19, 2007 A3 Congress expands access to government records cies to releasing requested Chairman Patrick Leahy, D- - ' Congress could recess but have to explain any redaction and editor of The News Jourfor information unless there is a the Vt., has been working with the not officially adjourn nal of Wilmington, Del "This exemption specific citing by the year. Under the Constituon the legbill is a positive step forward. under which the blacked-ou- t finding that such disclosure could do harm. information qualifies. Nonproislation and has said he expects tion, legislation passed by a Last year, the government WASHINGTON Congress on Tuesday struck back at the received 21.4 million requests Congress technically in session Agencies would be required prietary information held by tbepresident to sign it. deadline for But the White House wasnt that is not signed by the presito meet a y Bush administration's trend for information under the government contractors also dent within 10 days automatiwould be subject to the law. toward secrecy since the 2001 law, according to responding to FOIA requests. committing the president to Their FOIA offices would The legislation also creates a any such action. terrorist attacks, passing legis- statistics provided by the Juscally becomes law. Senate Majority Leader HarAsked whether Bush would lation to toughen the Freedom tice Department. Agencies pro- have to forward requests for system for the media and pubheld such brief of Information Act and incessed nearly the same number information to the appropriate lic to track the status of their sign, veto or ignore the bill ry Reid, often agency office within 10 days of FOIA requests. It establishes a White House spokesman Tony "pro forma" sessions creasing penalties on agencies of requests, which was almost hot line service for all federal once 1.5 million more than processed receiving them. Fratto responded only that that don't comply. only seconds long It they fail to meet the y The White House would not during the previous fiscal year, every four business days over agencies to deal with problems the legislation "is certainly an and an ombudsman to provide improvement" over previous the Thanksgiving holiday to deadline, agencies would have say whether President Bush according to the department. to refund search and duplicaan alternative to litigation in versions. will sign the legislation, which The bill restores a presumpprevent Bush from making recess appointments not subject tion fees for noncommercial disclosure disputes. There may be a key reaunanimously passed the House tion of disclosure standard son for the Senate Judiciary Committee to Senate confirmation. committing government agen- - requesters. They also would by voice vote Tuesday a few days after it sailed through the Senate. Without Bush's signature, the bill would become law during the congressional recess that begins next week. It would be the first makeover of the FOIA in a decade, among other things bringing nonproprietary information held bv Government eontrac- j ij tors under the law. The legislais aimed at reversing also tion an order by former Attorney General John Ashcroft in the wake of the attacks, in which he instructed agencies to lean against releasing information when there was uncertainty about how doing so would affect national security. The overwhelming congressional support for the legislation owes in part to adJIM ministration allies who successfully insisted on stripping out language explicitly reversing Ashcroft 's order. That victory, said Rep. Tom is evidence that Davis, fcwe'U continue to try to balance ' national security with the vital V interests of open government." 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