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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 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 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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Information Today March 24, 2011 Peggy Garvin |
FOIA.gov: A Little Bit of Sunshine To mark Sunshine Week each year, newspapers around the U.S. carry articles and editorials making the case for our national Freedom of Information Act and local equivalents.  |
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?  |
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.  |
Information Today June 2007 Miriam A. Drake |
Presidential Archives: Hype, Reality, and Limits to Access Presidential records belong to the public according to law, but in 2001 President Bush signed an executive order limiting access to these records.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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 February 2009 McGrath & Connolly |
Final Rules on Mandatory Disclosure Effective Dec. 12, 2008, government contractors will face what rule authors characterize as a "sea change" in how government enforcement authorities expect to govern in the future.  |
Searcher March 2007 Mary Alice Baish |
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress.  |
Reason July 2009 |
Transparency Failure National security or secure lobbying?  |
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.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Glenn G. Kautt |
SEC Audit, Part Deux An SEC audit is like a visit to the dentist: The anticipation is scarier than the actual event, but a little pain is inescapable. Here is a recount from a financial planning firm's chief compliance officer of his recent audit experience.  |
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.  |
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  |
Information Today May 22, 2014 |
TRAC Co-Directors File Complaint Against ICE The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University announced that its co-directors filed a suit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  |
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Roy Mark |
FBI Abandons Carnivore New FOIA documents show that feds haven't used once controversial e-mail snooping system in two years.  |
CIO October 15, 2002 Sarah D. Scalet |
Fear Factor A reality check on CIOs' top five concerns about reporting security incidents.  |