EPA Under Fire for Slow Rolling Release of Public Records

Government Executive: A Democratic lawmaker has gone to bat for an array of open-government groups who’ve complained that the Environmental Protection Agency under Scott Pruitt has selectively slow-walked responses to public requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote to Pruitt on Monday summarizing “extremely troubling reports” that Pruitt “may be avoiding producing public records” as required under the FOIA law, Justice Department guidelines and EPA regulations.

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