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The article focuses on the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) which is being used by journalists, academics and the public to request documents from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. It cites the case of history professor Monte Finkelstein who submitted a federal FIOA request to the National Archives in 1993, but he is still waiting for the records. It notes that new policies have been created by the U.S. government to alleviate the delays in request processing.

The article discusses Special Administrative Measures (SAMs), which was created by the U.S. government to limit prisoner communications with the outside world to prevent terrorism. "The Oregonian" reporter Bryan Denson was not able to interview spy Harold James Nicholson for the television series (TV) "The Spy's Kid" because the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) denied his request to interview the spy. Dean Boyd of the Justice Department talks about SAMs.

The article focuses on police radio encryption in California for confidentiality purposes. It says that the Pasadena Police Department has completed a change to encrypted radio communications on January 7, 2012. According to journalists, not having access to police radio communication creates a threat to public safety reporting. It adds that there is no federal law requiring public access to police radio.

The article reports involvement of Tennessee students in the One Million Bones project for creating awareness about the increased genocide incidents in the U.S.