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ALL journalists who want to know something about the government have
tasted being rebuffed by clerks, higher bureaucrats and politically
powerful officials. This is especially true with government agencies
involved in procurement and handling money.
You are told to make your request in writing.
And even if you are prepared and have the letter with you and hand
it over to him before he finishes his sentence, you will not be
given the information you want. You are told to deal with the PIO
(public information officer) whom you see every day and have asked
several times before. He is some kind of friend to you and in fact
is the one who gave you the suggestion to go directly to this or
that office and extract the information you need from there.
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