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Editorial – Exit Stonewalling: “…E-mail messages that have gone suspiciously missing are estimated to number in the millions. These could illuminate some of the administrations darker moments, including the lead-up to the Iraq war, when intelligence was distorted, the destruction of videotapes of C.I.A. torture interrogations, and the vindictive outing of the C.I.A. operative Valerie …
News release: “Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak (D-MI), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today released a Committee on Energy and Commerce Majority Staff report detailing the findings of the Committees bipartisan investigation relating to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…The report, titled Deception and Distrust: The Federal …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has unanimously approved measures that will shine more light than ever before on the municipal securities market by tapping the power of the Internet. For the first time, investors will have a free, one-stop way to find municipal bond information online to help them …
“Public Citizen launched the Public Interest FOIA Clinic, an online resource that will help nonprofit organizations obtain federal government documents. The FOIA Clinic will help ensure that agencies live up to a high standard for openness and accountability set by the Freedom of Information Act and that public interest organizations can receive the information they …
Seat at the Table Transparency Policy: “As an extension of the unprecedented ethics guidelines already in place for the Obama-Biden Transition Project, we take another significant step towards transparency of our efforts for the American people. Every day, we meet with organizations who present ideas for the Transition and the Administration, both orally and in …
Google’s gatekeepers, by Jeffrey Rosen, IHT: “For the past two years, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, along with other international Internet companies, have been meeting regularly with human rights and civil-liberties advocacy groups to agree on voluntary standards for resisting worldwide censorship requests. At the end of October, the Internet companies and the advocacy groups announced …
Guide to Researching the Department of Energy’s Records. Topics include: Introduction/Overview of DOE and Its Records, Locating Records–By Originating Agencies and Offices, Locating Records–Repositories, Reading Rooms, and Document Collections, Locating Records–Online Resources, Finding Guides, and Other Research Tools, and Accessing Records–Points to Ponder, Potential Roadblocks, Possible Alternatives.
“The Privacy Act Issuances contain descriptions of Federal agency systems of records maintained on individuals and rules agencies follow to assist individuals who request information about their records. The two sources of Privacy Act Notices are: the Privacy Act Issuances (Compilations 1995-Forward) and the Federal Register which has updates to the most recent Compilation.” Browse …
OIP Guidance: New Requirement To Route Misdirected FOIA Requests (posted 11/18/2008) OIP Guidance: New Limitations on Assessing Fees (posted 11/18/2008) OIP Guidance: New Limitations on Tolling the FOIA’s Response Time (posted 11/18/2008) OIP Guidance: Assigning Tracking Numbers and Providing Status Information for Requests (posted 11/18/2008
FOIA Facts: Sources for FOIA Training – Scott A. Hodes comments on the limited availability of training in this critical area, and identifies providers in the private and public sectors.
OMB Watch: “…more than 240 individuals and organizations [Participants included good government groups, professional associations, traditional reporters, bloggers, unions, representatives of the philanthropic community, technology experts, and members of academia. In an unprecedented manner, the project brought together conservatives, libertarians, and progressives. These recommendations are a demonstration that government transparency is neither a left nor …
News release: “The Obama administration can act quickly after taking office in January to reverse the secrecy trend of the last eight years and restore openness in the executive branch, according to a set of new proposals posted online today by the National Security Archive. More than 60 organizations joined the recommendations, which call on …
