The article highlights concerns over the federal government's ability to handle timely public records requests, especially following recent firings of key personnel at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Experts warn that these layoffs threaten transparency and access to government-held information. The firing of OPM's FOIA staff parallels a similar strategy by Elon Musk at Twitter, indicating a broader trend of diminishing support for transparency initiatives, which could impact journalism and citizen access to information under the current administration.
I think that reporters, as is the American citizen, are in for a boatload of trouble in the next four years in this regard.
Anytime that whole FOIA offices are getting fired, it portends terrible things.
Typically speaking, FOIA offices and FOIA officers are not considered essential employees.
The decision to terminate OPM's public records officers mirrored the firing of Twitter's media relations team when Musk took over.
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