Old Law Helps Get Access to Federal Information
Henry Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Government Reform finds a 1928 law very helpful in seeking information from Federal government Agencies. The law allows any seven members of the House Government Reform Committee to make a joint information request to any agency under the Committee�s jurisdiction. In 70 years the law had rarely been used, but Waxman has used it six times since 1998, with three of the requests coming in the past year.
Obscure rule aids Democrats in getting information from agencies, Government Executive, March 19, 2004
