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FOIA News: Congress subpoenas IRS to appear at FOIA hearing

IRS Official Subpoenaed After Agency Refused to Allow Voluntary Testimony

By Sharyl Attkinson, sharylattkinson.com, May 29, 2015  

The House Oversight Committee today issued a subpoena to compel the testimony of a public IRS official. That after the IRS failed to voluntarily allow the official, the Director of Privacy, Government Liaison and Disclosure, to confirm she would appear at a hearing next week examining federal agencies’ failure to follow Freedom of Information Act law.

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