Congressman Oppose Interior’s Planned Public Records Changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group congressional leaders says the Interior Department’s plan to clamp down on public records requests would undermine government transparency and potentially violate the Freedom of Information Act.
In a letter sent to Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Tuesday, the congressmen say the proposed public records rule “needlessly encroaches” on the right of Americans to access federal documents.
The letter was signed by Republican Se