Morning Smoke: Judge: FOIA Responses Must Be Searchable, Include Metadata
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Documents in FOIA Requests Must Be 'Searchable,' Federal Judge Rules
Daniel Wise, New York Law Journal (h/t The FOIA blog)
At CIA, grave mistakes, then promotions
Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press
Pentagon Will Back Defense Mergers Outside Top Five Companies, Carter Says
Peter Cook, Tony Capaccio and Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg
Pentagon Seeks to Reduce Number of Contractors, Doesn't Know How Many It Has
Stephen Clark, FoxNews.com
SBA's contracting practices under close scrutiny (from Discouraged and Disrespected at SBA)
Jason Miller, Federal News Radio
Administering Classification Policy at ODNI
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Pfizer Will Pay $330M To Settle Prempro Cases
Ed Silverman, Pharmalot
Medical Treatment, Out of Reach
Andrew Pollack, The New York Times
Global Impact
Bill Sweetman, Ares
Fraudsters lobby to muzzle whistleblowers
Reuben Guttman, MarketWatch
SEC officials who missed Madoff now in top spots at major law firms
Josh Margolin, New York Post
Recovery Board chairman wants deeper reporting
Robert Brodsky, Government Executive
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