以开放透明作为重要标签的奥巴马政府,在任期届满之际推动修改了《信息自由法》。这次修改,将奥巴马政府在推进开放透明方面一些好的经验做法上升为法律,同时,对信息公开法的世界潮流予以积极回应。这是《信息自由法》的第10次修改,也是其中5次实质性修改之一。整体而言,这次修改亮点不多,引人注目的反倒是这次修改显露出的美国从世界信息公开制度引领者向追随者转变的趋势。 The Obama administration, which uses transparency as an important label, has pushed for changes to the Freedom of Information Act as the term expires. The amendment raised the Obama administration’s good practices in promoting openness and transparency to law and responded positively to the world trend of information disclosure law. This is the tenth revision of the Freedom of Information Act and one of five substantive changes. On the whole, this amendment has only a few highlights. The striking fact is that this amendment shows the trend of the United States changing from a leader in the world information disclosure system to a follower.