The law passed at the behest of press and public interest groups who charged that existing federal law designed to make information available to the public was often used to just the opposite effect.

• 这项法律是应新闻界和公共利益团体的要求制定的，新闻界和公共利益团体提出，旨在使公众了解情况的现行联邦法律经常带来相反的效果。