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Federal government record requests languish — and not just those aimed at DOGE
PublicSource submitted eight records requests to federal agencies to understand how President Trump’s “DOGE” is impacting Pittsburgh. Some of the employees responsible for replying were already on administrative leave.

Federal government documents, assumed to be open to the public under the law, appear to be less available to citizens under Trump’s presidency.
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