Overview of all 88 FOIA Countries
Overview of all 88 FOIA Countries (15 pages, PDF) by Roger Vleugels.
Category «Freedom of Information»
Open Source Tobacco Wiki Research Project
“Welcome to TobaccoWiki, the online research project to which anyone can contribute. We need your help to mine the millions of pages of previously-secret, internal tobacco industry documents now posted on the Internet. The purpose of Tobaccowiki is to make it easier to find information about tobacco industry behavior, and to reveal what has been …
National Security Archive and Historians Secure Long Secret Rosenberg Grand Jury Testimony
News release: “More than 50 years after the historic but controversial execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were convicted of atomic espionage, the U.S. government this Thursday, September 11, is expected to make public long shrouded grand jury testimony from its prosecution of the Rosenbergs, which will be the subject of a press briefing …
Treatment of Agency Records Maintained For an Agency By a Government Contractor for Purposes of Records Management
DOJ FOIA Post: “In light of Section 9 [Section 9 amends 5 U.S.C. § 552(f), the definitions provision of the FOIA, by including in the definition of record any information maintained for an agency by an entity under Government contract, for the purposes of records management. This provision makes clear that records, in the possession …
OpenTheGovernment.org has published the 2008 Secrecy Report Card
“OpenTheGovernment.orgs fifth annual report, Secrecy Report Card 2008, shows both a continued expansion of government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions and some movement toward more openness and accountability, particularly in the Congress. The public has a right to know what its government is doing to preserve health, safety, and the public …
Federal Judge Orders DOJ To Turn Over Memos Authorizing Torture Or Justify Withholding Them
ACLU news release: “A federal judge [U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York] has ordered the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to turn over three memos that authorized the extremely harsh treatment of prisoners in CIA custody or explain by October 3 why these memos can lawfully be withheld. The American Civil …
Gannett News Service Survey of 9,000 Public Library Systems Nationwide
“Gannett News Service compiled 2002 data from the National Center for Education Statistics on more than 9,000 public library systems nationwide. To make a five-year comparison, GNS also obtained 2006 data from each state and the District of Columbia that were not available from NCES. The federal government requires states to report library information in …
New on LLRX.com: Expanding the FOIA
FOIA Facts: Expanding the FOIA – Scott A. Hodes highlights the recent introduction of legislation that would eliminate the FOIA shield for the Smithsonian Institute, and the continued lack of transparency when dealing with other federal agencies.
Global Internet Freedom Consortium Offers China-Based Reporters Software to Break Through Internet Blockade
News release: “The Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) announced today that their anti-censorship software tools are ready to help journalists and tourists during the Olympics, to circumvent China’s Internet blockade. The software, which is available free of charge, can be downloaded onto a hard drive or USB drive to safely and effectively overcome the Internet …
NRC Solicits Public Input Into How It Can Increase Public Access to Security Information
News release: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking suggestions from the public on how it can increase its level of openness related to security at nuclear power plants and certain other facilities while still protecting sensitive information. A summary of the feedback will be posted on the NRCs Web site, provided to the Commission and …
Pentagon Posts Documents on Embedded Media
Via The Memory Hole, “On a subpage of their Freedom of Info Act website, the Defense Department today has posted 127 pages of documents concerning embedded media. The file may be downloaded here: DOD FOIA Reading Room.” Related article from the New York Times, July 26, 2008 – 4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of …
TRAC Immigration Judge Reports Asylum
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “New reports on the nation’s 200-plus immigration judges are now available. The reports, covering how the judges decided asylum matters in the FY 2002 to FY 2007 period, are based on tens of thousands of very detailed records obtained and analyzed by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act. The source …
