The Boston Globe reports Civilian Worker Data Kept Secret. Yet another example of how the Bush administration is trying to be the most secret in history. "Since [2003], all records of civilian employees of the Defense Department have been withheld and name and duty locations were withheld for an estimated 150,000 other civilian workers. TRAC, a research group from Syracuse University, has been getting this info via FOIA since 1989.
The Globe article says a tradition of openness goes back to 1816 but I'm not sure what that's referring to. The worst part is that the government doesn't even offer an explanation. We're not going to tell and we're not going to tell you why. Democracy indeed.
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Here is a link to the law passed by Congress in 1816. It basically states that the executive branch identify each federal employee, where they work, and what they make.
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