Study: FOIA requests plagued by delays
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Getting information from the government under the Freedom of Information Act can take longer than waiting for ketchup to flow from a new bottle. Much longer.
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In some cases, fights in Congress have slowed progress, or the U.S. government has focused on other priorities. In other cases, the cost of IT projects has been an issue.
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The government is lagging far behind in declassifying its secrets and the problem is getting worse as agencies create billions more electronic records containing classified information.
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WASHINGTON - A cash-flow problem in a federal program is hindering the ability of many schools and libraries to pay for Internet service.
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By Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Calif.  Jun. 13--MONROVIA, Calif. -- In the world of Internet data transfers,  speed is king.    Slow downloads can be both frustrating and costly for businesses that  want to remain efficient.
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The secrecy shrouding government files on terror suspects is bogging down the Pentagon's effort to hold trials at Guantanamo Bay, with defense attorneys accusing the government of withholding potential evidence.
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Financial institutions charged with sharing data concerning possibly suspicious transactions are swamping investigators' abilities to effectively parse the information.
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The Bush administration violated federal law by missing deadlines to produce a study on the impact of global warming, now as much as two years overdue, a federal judge ruled.
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When contact info for Republican delegates got posted on the web, the Department of Justice subpoenaed an ISP, but now seems to be backing off. Ann Harrison reports from New York.
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Businesses may be spending millions on expensive security technologies aimed at thwarting data leakage and compliance violations, but many companies are still failing to sufficiently address access controls for protected information and IT systems.
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The Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress is funded by taxpayers to the tune of $100 million annually. But the reports are not public information. In 27B Stroke 6.
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By Rick Weiss, Washington Post Staff Writer  Scientists, scholars and others planning to use their Macintosh computers to submit grant proposals to the federal government in the months ahead should be prepared for a rocky, or at least error-message-littered, road ahead.
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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"In response to its FOIA request, EPIC has received from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) transcripts (pdf) and audio recordings concerning the request by the office of US House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) to the FAA regarding the May 2003 search for the plane owned by Texas State Representative Pete Laney (Tail Number N711RD)."  "The May 12, 2003 audio recording of telephone conversations between the FAA's Washington Operations Center and various FAA field employees clearly indicate that the FAA employees were misled into believing that the request from DeLay's office was part of 1) a formal Congressional investigation; 2) a formal Congressional inquiry; a ...
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ON THE NET: An Associated Press survey of file transfer protocol servers run by several government agencies and contractors affiliated with the military found dozens of documents that officials deemed sensitive to U.S. troops.
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Experts say phone companies lag behind other industries in keeping customer information under wraps.
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Blog: Enhanced information isn't available for all cities yet, though.