Deliberative Process Exemption News Today

The Supreme Court delivered its opinion in U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club on March 4, 2020 and held that agency documents that lack a legally operative effect are likely to qualify for the deliberative process exemption under the Freedom of Information Act.

What they call the deliberative process exemption. its a stipulation that lets agencies withhold records describing the governments decisionmaking process. they invoked it more than 70,000 times during the 09 budget year. the first year of this incoming so-called pro-transparency president. you want change, america. you got it. compare it to george w. bushs year last year where they only denoid the foiled request using this same exact resechlz 47,000 times. definitely room for improvement for ye...