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SUNSHINE WEEK: Issa, Cummings introduce bipartisan FOIA reform

By Richard Pollock
Published March 12, 2013 4:00am ET
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SUNSHINE WEEK: Issa, Cummings introduce bipartisan FOIA reform
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA, and Ranking Minority Member Elijah Cummings, D-MD (Left), jointly introduced legislation to update and reform the 1966 Freedom of Information Act. (AP Photo)

In a rare-for-Congress show of bi-partisanship, the top Republican and Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today introduced new draft legislation designed the strengthen the federal Freedom of Information Act.

The FOIA, signed into law in 1966 by President Lyndon Johnson, is the main avenue for citizens who wish to obtain information about federal government activities.

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