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Is the Freedom of Information Act becoming too slow to matter?

Poynter · Justin Doud · last updated

As backlogs grow, staffing shrinks and requests languish for years, journalists say records often arrive too late to hold anyone accountable

Karen Harper, a senior politics reporter at The Dallas Morning News with over 30 years of experience, submitted a public records request to the Department of Justice. Months later, she 

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