Child Farm Labor Rule

Advocates for open government are pressing the Labor Department to restore documents about a proposed child farm labor rule. Federal Computer Week reports the documents were promptly withdrawn after the proposal was dropped. The plan would have prevented children from performing hazardous work on farms not owned by their parents. In a letter to Labor acting wage and hour administrator Nancy Leppnik, the Sunlight Foundation and other groups argue that the documents should not have been removed so quickly, regardless of the fact that the proposal was withdrawn.