August 26, 2004
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The expansion of official secrecy in recent years is measurable,
not merely rhetorical, and is documented in a "report card" issued
this week by OpenTheGovernment.org, a coalition of organizations
working to defend public access to government information.
"Government data confirm what many have suspected: secrecy has increased
dramatically in recent years under policies of the current administration.
For every $1 the federal government spent last year releasing old
secrets, it spent an extraordinary $120 maintaining the secrets
already on the books," according to an OpenTheGovernment.org press
release.
"Secrecy Report Card: Quantitative Indicators of Secrecy in the
Federal Government" is to be available as of Thursday morning, August
26, here:
http://www.openthegovernment.org/
© 2004, Federation of American Scientists.
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