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Barack Obama: “It is vital that agencies not release information if doing so would violate any law or policy or jeopardize privacy…”

On the recordMay 8, 2013
It is vital that agencies not release information if doing so would violate any law or policy or jeopardize privacy, confidentiality, or national security.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 13642—Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information

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