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FYI only.

QUOTE:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071231-4.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 31, 2007

President Bush Signs S. 2488 into Law

White House News
On Monday, December 31, 2007, the President signed into law:

S. 2488, the “Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007,” which amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by: (1) establishing a definition of “a representative of the news media;” (2) directing that required attorney fees be paid from an agency’s own appropriation rather than from the Judgment Fund; (3) prohibiting an agency from assessing certain fees if it fails to comply with FOIA deadlines; and (4) establishing an Office of Government Information Services in the National Archives and Records Administration to review agency compliance with FOIA.

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