Thanks to Eva Smith for sharing this link with the Coalition.

The stakes are very high in this case. At issue is the "competitive harm" test first adopted by the US Supreme Court in the 1974 case National Parks & Conservation Association v Morton.

The test requires a showing of "substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained." There is great concern that the Court may "drastically narrow information [about government spending] that is currently available under FOIA."

Open government advocates will be watching this case closely to see in what direction the Supreme Court takes the federal law.