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suggested publishing guidance on congressional access to agency records under the foia, extension seven aecomand personal records, and i agreed. due to the expansive growth of the short guide to the freedom of information day, the federal trade commission told us it was false advertising, continue to call it the short guide. so in 1986 dan suggested it be called just the department of justice guide to the foia, and i agree. in 1986, the legal education institute was no longer able to continue teaching these two-day foia classes. so dan suggested oipa handle it all by ourselves. and while we're at it, add two new courses, one for advanced foia personal and another one that dan referenced earlier, the dick and dan show where we would go out and talk about all of the new cases of significance that it come out during the past year. well, this started out with about 200 people, and it grew up to slightly over 600 folks coming to again. now, i was never sure exactly why the popularity grew so much, but i had the feeling it might have been for two reasons. one, it was actually a half-day class and w