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Interior vs. FOIA

Jun 18, 2019

Issue: Ethics & Transparency
Subject: Interior

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In this quick news update on Go West, Young Podcast, a look at CQ Roll Call’s report that shows the Interior Department delayed and withheld public documents after political appointees interfered with the FOIA process.

Guest: Liz Hempowicz, Director of Public Policy, Project on Government Oversight

Host/producer: Aaron Weiss
Feedback: podcast@westernpriorities.org
Music: Purple Planet
Photo: Department of the Interior, Wikimedia Commons

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