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“Marking International Right to Know Day, the National Security Archive commended the Department of State for including access to government information as one factor evaluated in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Transparency and information are essential to allow people to scrutinize and debate the actions of their government, combat corruption, and promote …
“The data, obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) under the Freedom of Information Act…document[s] changes in the kinds of cases being brought to court: immigration and weapons prosecutions are climbing while white collar crime and drug prosecutions are sliding. The new data go through the end of March 2005 (the first half of …
How the U.S. Senate Can Obtain Information From Former Federal Government Employees Who Are Now Supreme Court Nominees: A New, More Direct Approach that Won’t Require Fighting Over Records
From 0 to 360 in Seconds How to Get Up to Speed with Thomson’s Firm360, by Donna Cavallini CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The American Town Meeting, by Paul Jenks The Government Domain: RSS and Uncle Sam, by Peggy Garvin FOIA Facts: The Importance of FOIA, Part 2, by Scott A. Hodes Burney’s Gadgets for Legal …
From Reporters Without Borders, a new resource: Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents (46 pages, PDF): “Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent news, at the risk of displeasing the government and sometimes courting arrest. Reporters Without Borders has produced this …
AP reports on a bipartisan call from the House Intelligence Committee for the public release of the classified CIA IG report on the agency’s activities related to 9/11.
Press release: “After a second review by the executive branch, a September 12, 2005 version of the 9/11 Commission Staff Monograph on the Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security has been released by the U.S. Department of Justice and transferred to the National Archives. This newer version of the report contains fewer redactions than the …
From the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ): “Journalists are having an increasingly difficult time using the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to drag information out of the federal government to shed light on Superfund sites, chemical factories, mining accidents and a host of other topics important to citizens.” Report of the First Amendement Task …
National Security Archive press release: “Ten minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) controllers in New York saw United Airlines Flight 175 heading “right towards the city,” [p.13] but thought it was aiming for an emergency landing at …
Journalist Groups Protest FEMA Ban on Photos of Dead Related links
Press release: “Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Department of State, asking for records and communications regarding the federal government’s preparedness and response to hurricane Katrina.” Related Link: CREW …
New York Times Magazine, September 4, 2005: Political Science Related references: Questions Surround Editing of U.S. Report on Global Warming Science Advisor to President Works Amidst Controversy
