Letter

Coalition Letter Urging the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to Withdraw Proposed Rule on Mandatory Declassification Review Request Fees

Document Date: March 25, 2016
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This coalition letter, signed by the ACLU, urges the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to withdraw a proposed rulemaking from February 26, 2016 setting fees for Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) requests. The proposed rule would set fees for MDR requests that are inconsistent with fees applied to FOIA requests at ODNI and other agencies. The effect of the ODNI’s new policy would be to price the public out of submitting MDR requests, a result contrary to the Obama Administration’s commitment to transparency.

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