Bush to Congress: No FOIA Ombudsman

Those that thought the President's recent signing of the recent FOIA amendments law was too good to be true were greeted Monday with the other shoe dropping.  In his most recent budget proposal, the President failed to provide any funding for the FOIA Ombudsman's Office in the National Archives and Records Administration and attempts to shift the responsibilities of that office to the Department of Justice.  Reaction as shown in this article was widespread and critical of the President's decision.

Readers of my blog know I stated that without providing funding for FOIA Operations, this law had minimal impact.  Unfortunately it only took one month (and a full eleven months before many of the provisions of the law become effective) for me to be correct.