{"id":1377,"date":"2011-11-11T06:35:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T06:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/11\/the-department-of-justices-quest-to-weaken-foia\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:30:03","slug":"the-department-of-justices-quest-to-weaken-foia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/11\/the-department-of-justices-quest-to-weaken-foia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Department of Justice\u2019s Quest to Weaken FOIA Still Going\u00a0Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a style=\"font-weight:bold;font-size:16px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/655118670\/the-department-of-justice-s-quest-to-weaken-foia-still-going-strong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/wmG9dti7Hpq3fvxY0kGjHTl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><br \/>&hellip;the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) argues that in addition to exceeding the agency\u2019s statutory authority, the DOJ&rsquo;s new proposals proposals: 1) Put an unreasonable burden on the requester 2) Place new constraints on educational institutions and reporters  3) Wholly frustrate the intent of the FOIA<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nsarchive.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/10\/the-department-of-justices-quest-to-weaken-foia-still-going-strong\/#more-4417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via nsarchive.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; Liberties&hellip;the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) argues that in addition to exceeding the agency\u2019s statutory authority, the DOJ&rsquo;s new proposals proposals: 1) Put an unreasonable burden on the requester 2) Place new constraints on educational &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/11\/the-department-of-justices-quest-to-weaken-foia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1085,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/02\/28\/this-isnt-a-hoax-pakistan-requests-proposals-for\/","url_meta":{"origin":1377,"position":0},"title":"This Isn&#8217;t a Hoax: Pakistan Requests Proposals for a National Filtering and Blocking System | Electronic Frontier Foundation","author":"aslam","date":"February 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesThis week, the Pakistani Telecommunication Authority (PTA) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development, deployment and operation of a \u201cNational Level URL Filtering and Blocking System,\u201d calling on institutions to submit by March 2nd a feasible proposal that would allow the government to\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1450,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/09\/11\/treat-hackers-as-organized-criminals-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":1377,"position":1},"title":"Treat Hackers As Organized Criminals, Says Government","author":"aslam","date":"September 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesObama administration seeks tougher penalties for cybercrime, but legal experts warn that current, imprecise proposals could be too widely applied.Show original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":775,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/12\/09\/wcit-12-leak-shows-russia-china-others-seek-to\/","url_meta":{"origin":1377,"position":2},"title":"WCIT-12 leak shows Russia, China, others seek to define &#8216;government-controlled Internet&#8217;","author":"aslam","date":"December 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"See on Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesLeaked proposals from the U.N. 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