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Holder eases restrictions on public records

Attorney General Eric Holder directed executive-branch agencies not to withhold public records simply because they may do so legally, reversing a Bush administration policy. In a memo to government agencies Thursday, Holder encouraged agencies to "make discretionary disclosures of information," backing Democratic President Barack Obama's previous calls for increased openness in government. Holder rescinded a memo written ...

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