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FOIA failure prompts lawsuit

by Lee Hughes Staff Writer
| June 25, 2015 7:00 AM

SANDPOINT — Failure to respond to a public information request is resulting in a lawsuit against the federal government.

Eric de Place of the Sightline Institute told those attending Wednesday’s oil train forum that the institute will be filing suit against the Obama administration for its failure to respond to a U.S. Freedom of Information Act request.

“The lawsuit will be filed (today),” de Place said.

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