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Freedom of Information 

FED GOVT. STILL NOT HITTING “SAVE”

Cat.: National Archives and Records Administration, Freedom of Information, News & Comment
17. April 2008
Comment

The case of potentially millions of missing White House e-mails has illuminated the broader lack of a federal electronic recordkeeping system. House Democrats have introduced legislation that would get the National Archives and Records Administration to set a standard for capturing and preserving e-mails across the federal government. The ...

CONGRESS’S BEEF WITH THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

Cat.: Product Safety, Freedom of Information, Dept. of Agriculture, News & Comment
07. March 2008
Comment

Another key sticking point of the CPSC bill is what should go into a public database of unsafe products on the market. As the Wall Street Journal’s Jane Zhang reports, the politics and practicality of public disclosure is an issue also besetting the United States Department of Agriculture.

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OPEN WIDE…THIS MIGHT HURT A LITTLE

Cat.: Freedom of Information, News & Comment
19. December 2007
Comment

Congress has passed new legislation requiring greater transparency and quicker responses from federal agency to Freedom of Information Act requests.  The latest on FOIA has been published in the Lafayette, Indiana Journal and Courier.  Read the AP's Laurie Kellman here.

Rupert Murdoch’s Face — In Yours

Cat.: Federal Communications Commission, Freedom of Information, The Forum, Federal Agencies
18. October 2007
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Remember when half of U.S. media outlets weren't owned by an Australian-born billionaire, and the other half by a handful of faceless corporations?  That was before the FCC pushed through new media ownership rules without public involvement, as they seem poised to do once again.

REAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION NEEDED: NY TIMES

Cat.: Freedom of Information, Yesterday's News?, News & Comment, Federal Agencies
23. July 2007
Comment

David Carr of the Times writes about the gradual demise of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the real difficulty of getting facts from our government, in large part because of “agencies that flout the law through recalcitrance or ineptitude.”  See Carr’s commentary here.

Shhh! FOIA Success Story in Progress

Cat.: Freedom of Information, Yesterday's News?, Workplace
15. November 2006
Comment

All together now:  “Hip, hip, hooray!”

 

There’s something to cheer about in how federal agencies are improving responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from the news media and citizens.

However, backlogs are rather large in some organizations and much work remains to be done.  One option ...

FOIA: Freedom of Information May Become More Free

Cat.: Freedom of Information, Yesterday's News?, Workplace
27. September 2006
Comment

The Freedom of Information Act (commonly known in government circles as FOIA) was designed to allow citizens and the media much greater access to government files, deliberations, etc.

 

The following two articles, as well as other additional articles identified in these items appearing at govexec.com, show that further access to government ...