Pentagon Forced to Go to Trial on Withheld FOIA Documents

Government Executive: After years of litigation, a small business advocacy group has succeeded in forcing the Defense Department into a trial over its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act to release data requested from major contractors detailing their questionable use of subcontractors.

On March 8, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco rejected, in part, a Justice Department attorney's request for the dismissal of a case brought by Lloyd Chapman of the Petaluma, Calif.-based American Small Business League.

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