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Names and salaries of 900,00 federal employees can be withheld

The names, salaries and positions of more than 900,000 federal employees can legally be withheld by the government from the public, Chief U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue ruled Sept. 30.

It's a decision that doesn't sit well with representatives of Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, or TRAC, which tried to get the information two years ago and filed a federal lawsuit when it was denied, said David Burnham, co-director of the agency.

Read the full article at the Syracuse Post Standard

See the blog entry at dailykos.com
Published Saturday, October 20, 2007 2:22 AM by JoelCampbell

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