AP: US Worker's names withheld

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR20

U.S. Workers' Names Withheld
Greater Secrecy Surrounds Civilian Employees, Suit Says
By Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
Wednesday, December 14, 2005; Page A27

Breaking a tradition of openness that began in 1816, the Bush administration has without explanation withheld the names and work locations of about 900,000 of its civilian workers, according to a lawsuit filed last week .

"Citizens have a right to know who is working for the government," said Adina Rosenbaum, attorney for the co-directors of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a research group at Syracuse University, which sued under the Freedom of Information Act to get the data.
Since 1989, TRAC has posted a database on the Internet with the name, work location, salary and job category of all 2.7 million federal civilian workers except those in some law enforcement agencies. The data are often used by reporters and government watchdog groups to monitor policies and detect waste or abuse.

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1. Would love to see how many people

work in the "Faith-based initiative" program.