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Information Today March 31, 2015 Barbie E. Keiser |
Sunshine Week 2015: Open Government Is Good Government "Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information," according to the event's About page.  |
Information Today December 9, 2014 George H. Pike |
FOIA Reform Gets Key Senate Endorsement The Senate's FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 (and the House's similar bill) seeks to move the administration's "presumption of openness" from mere encouragement to federal law.  |
Information Today October 18, 2012 |
New FOIAonline Platform Launched The National Archives and Records Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Commerce have partnered to develop an online system aimed at expanding public access to information requested under the Freedom of Information Act  |
National Defense June 2009 D'Agostino & Belofsky |
FOIA: Protect Your Competitive Information Learn how to protect proprietary knowledge in your company against Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.  |
Information Today March 28, 2013 Barbie E. Keiser |
Transparency in Government During Sunshine Week 2013 Congress was the focal point of two events during Sunshine Week 2013 (March 10-16). On March 12, the Congressional Transparency Caucus hosted an event examining recent progress concerning the Freedom of Information Act reform.  |
Searcher January 2006 Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Shhh!!: Keeping Current on Government Secrecy Here is a list of Web sites, blogs, listservs, and newsletters that could help clients needing access to government documents but who might experience difficulty locating that information.  |
Information Today August 19, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
Revising FOIA for Improved Access to Government Information Last year, Congress introduced a bill that is now known as the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014. This law would allow for easier information requests and faster receipt.  |
Reason October 2002 Jeffrey Benner |
Closing the Books Some kind of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption will almost certainly become law. Regardless of the exemption's final scope, it will be only the latest offensive in the Bush administration's sustained assault on transparency in government.  |
Information Today February 2, 2005 Richard Poynder |
Tug of War The U.K. has finally got its own Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), bringing the number of countries with FOI legislation to 59. Are we entering a new era of open government, or will the current spate of legislation prove to be a false dawn?  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 Rich Smith |
Fox Guards Our Financial Henhouse Filing Freedom of Information Act requests with the Federal government, Fox Business Networks demands to know the answers to questions about stimulus and bailout money.  |
Reason July 2009 |
Transparency Failure National security or secure lobbying?  |
Information Today February 3, 2015 George H. Pike |
New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues.  |
Searcher May 2003 Miriam Drake |
Government Doublethink: Protection or Supression in Information This article deals with government information activities after September 11, 2001 and covers regulations and actions related to government withholding, suppressing, and altering information.  |
Geotimes November 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Restricting Satellite Data Access A proposal to restrict access to high-resolution remote-sensing data has led to a bit of confusion.  |
Information Today May 23, 2011 |
Groups Support Congressionally Mandated Reports Act The Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act requires that any report required by statute to be issued to Congress and releasable under the Freedom of Information Act be posted on a website managed by the US Government Printing Office. The reports would be available no la  |
Reason September 2004 Matt Welch |
Watergate Blowback Watergate taught millions of Americans about the dangers of government operating without sunshine. But Bush administration officials, especially those who lived through the scandal, learned an altogether different lesson -- that checks and balances can be distractions and handcuffs.  |
CIO February 1, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet |
New FOIA Rules For years, the government has sought the private sector's help in protecting the nation's critical infrastructure. In response, corporate executives have sought assurance that information they shared with the government would not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Now they have it.  |
National Defense April 2012 McGrath & Jack |
Publicly Available Information Should Be Promptly Reviewed As of Jan. 3, contractors have seven calendar days to review information after it is posted in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System and object to its public release if a Freedom of Information Act exemption applies.  |