I was wondering if Ap would feel the pressure for a kind of similar
pay freeze.
Whenever I talk to people much more in the know than me all they talk
about is all the "patronage" jobs in AP.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakd...@...> wrote:
>
> in Obama's Admin
>
> not in AP.....
>
> ....In an attempt to deliver on pledges of a transparent government,
> Obama said he would change the way the federal government interprets
> the Freedom of Information Act. He said he was directing agencies
> that vet requests for information to err on the side of making
> information public not to look for reasons to legally withhold it
> an alteration to the traditional standard of evaluation.
>
> Just because a government agency has the legal power to keep
> information private does not mean that it should, Obama said.
> Reporters and public-interest groups often make use of the law to
> explore how and why government decisions were made; they are often
> stymied as agencies claim legal exemptions to the law.
>
> "For a long time now, there's been too much secrecy in this city
> (washington)," Obama said.
>
> He also called on pay Freeze for those making over 100k on the
> current staff.
>
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