I'm not a glad well fan, but he is a good writer adding that kind of nonfiction should be constant as the curriculum gets updated, but adding a federal Reserve report from 2009, Executive Orders and OMB regulations to ENGLISH class is absurd
I get your point on one level, but I see the point of this guidance. Too many students are incapable of wading through technical writing and thus aren't ready for the real world. To draw a food analogy, they've been fed a diet of candies and desserts and not enough fruits and vegetables.
Boring or not, they should be able to read tough stuff and comprehend it. Ask ABC, he makes a living cranking out incomprehensible (to all but a few) technical stuff by the pound.
