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Jared Serbu, DoD Reporter, Federal News Radio

When Congress updated federal open government laws in 2007, it created a new ombudsman designed to serve as an honest broker between Freedom of Information Act ...

Federal News Network Staff

February 27, 2015 5:21 pm

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When Congress updated federal open government laws in 2007, it created a new ombudsman designed to serve as an honest broker between Freedom of Information Act requestors and federal agencies. But unlike most other ombudsmen, this one works for one of the parties in the disputes it’s supposed to mediate. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, new legislation would change that by making the Office of Government Information Services truly independent from the executive branch.