They were obtained by ABC after it filed a Freedom of Information Act request last year with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency that investigated the collapse.

它们被ABC获得后，在去年，NIST提出了一个资讯自由的法案请求。NIST是为了调查坍塌的联绑机构。

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But in emails released to the BBC under the Freedom of Information act, senior officials at the agency were shown to be looking into the costs of more rapid tests on 5 November, more than three months earlier.

BBC: FSA delayed plans to test every horse before crisis

So the Foundation filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the IRS. The agency high-handedly refused to hand over the documents within the deadlines set by the law.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

The agency has testified that the Freedom of Information Act should not require public disclosure of examination results.

FORBES: Financial Analysts: Writing Research That Benefits Their Employers and Themselves (August 1, 2001)