The Chronicle of Higher Education

In Testimony and New Bills, Historians and Lawmakers Urge Protection of Access to Presidential Records

By JENNIFER HOWARD

Washington

Public access to presidential records came under scrutiny in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as a panel of archivists, historians, and lawyers told a subcommittee about threats to access, and lawmakers introduced two bipartisan bills that would reform key aspects...

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