Gray presses ahead with open records changes

The District’s top lawyer on Wednesday said Mayor Vincent Gray’s push to make public document disclosure laws more favorable to the government had nothing to do with the political scandals that have rocked the city for his 18-month tenure.

“Many on the council and staff share our concerns [about violating an employee’s privacy],” D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan said in his testimony before a council committee on a bill that would modify the city’s Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. “This has absolutely nothing to do with the allegations that have been involved with the council members and the campaigns [of Gray and former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown].”