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President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act on July 4, 1966, establishing the legal right of citizens and press to request federal government records. Johnson privately opposed the bill but signed it under political pressure from Congress. The law created an enforceable presumption of openness — agencies must disclose records unless a specific exemption applies, including exemptions for classified national security information and internal agency deliberations.

President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, establishing the public's statutory right to request records from federal executive branch agencies. The law required agencies to disclose records on request unless specific exemptions applied, including national security, internal agency rules, and law enforcement investigative files. Florida had enacted a functionally similar public records law in 1909, predating the federal statute by 57 years.