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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (50003)	3/4/2000 9:54:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

<<. We need more high-tech workers to augment our labor force. >> Geez, I must need to shoot myself, we agree. I would stop the temporary high tech workers though. Any that would become citizens & contribute to our nation & our society I feel should be welcome, those that wish a free ride or send home earnings to invest in their home lands should not(IMHO).

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (50003)	3/4/2000 10:14:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116762

Will anyone ever be able to prove there was a manipulation of the POG?: (a government out of control?) FOIA not a priority for federal agencies Friday, 3 March 2000 14:16 (ET) FOIA not a priority for federal agencies By ASHLEY BAKER WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- Despite a legal requirement that agencies respond to most requests for government documents made under the Freedom of Information Act within 20 days, tens of thousands of requests are sitting unfilled - some for years - throughout the federal government. Although federal law does not force agencies to disclose the age of their oldest unfilled FOIA requests, most of the more than 40,000 requests collecting dust at cabinet-level agencies are well over 200 days old, government data shows. "The fact that some agencies aren't coming close to meeting the time requirements in the law is completely unacceptable and obviously contributes to the public's lack of faith in the management of their government," Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., told United Press International. Thompson chairs the Senate committee charged with overseeing agencies' compliance with FOIA laws. "Agencies have a responsibility to fill FOIA requests, and in many cases have clearly chosen not to make them a priority," Thompson said. "We are very aware of the voluminous materials being handled by the agencies, yet we are concerned about indications that the law is not being implemented as envisioned by Congress," said Russell George, staff director and chief counsel for the House subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. "The subcommittee will be holding hearings to review this situation shortly." The Freedom of Information Act, passed in 1966, was intended by lawmakers to open the inner workings of the government to the American people, allowing for the first time public scrutiny of thousands of pages of communications and documents that officials use to make and relay decisions. An analysis of government FOIA compliance data, however, shows that most requests are mired in red tape and bureaucratic delays, (cont)