Melanie Pustay, Director, Office of Information Policy, Justice Dept.

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Melanie Pustay, Director, Office of Information Policy, Justice Dept.

The government\'s Freedom of Information Act request backlog grew for the second straight year — by a lot. But the annual FOIA report from the Justice...

Federal News Network Staff

May 28, 2015 9:22 am

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The government’s Freedom of Information Act request backlog grew for the second straight year — by a lot. But the annual FOIA report from the Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy shows that only a few agencies account for both the increase and the 200,000-case backlog. Melanie Pustay, director of the Office of Information Policy at the Justice Department, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the report and how those agencies will dig themselves out of the hole they’re in.