About this episode

Sean Glendening, the director of the Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy, is stepping down to pursue a master's degree at Harvard Kennedy School.

A top Justice Department official that oversees how agencies administer the Freedom of Information Act is stepping down. Sean Glendening has left his job as director of the Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy. He says he’s now pursuing a masters in public administration at Harvard Kennedy School. Glendening took over the OIP role last year after longtime Director Bobak Talebian was fired as part of a wave of DOJ terminations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• Freedom of Information Act
• Justice Department
• public administration
• government transparency
• agency oversight

Keywords

• FOIA
• Sean Glendening
• Justice Department
• public administration
• government
• transparency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Justice Department, Harvard Kennedy School

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