Topic: Freedom of Information Act
A group that opposes secrecy in government says the federal government significantly reduced its backlog of document requests from the public last year, but also slowed its pace of opening previously confidential material to public view.. org said the government's record is ...
AP IMPACT: Homeland Security sent freedom of information requests through political filterFor at least a year, the Homeland Security Department detoured requests for federal records to senior political advisers for highly unusual scrutiny, probing for information about the requesters and delaying disclosures ...
AP review finds government use of FOIA exemptions up despite Obama pledge Federal agencies haven't lived up to President Barack Obama's promise of a more open government, increasing their use of legal exemptions to keep records secret during his first year in ...
A workshop on government openness is closed to the public.The event Monday for federal employees is a fitting symbol of President Barack Obama's uneven record so far on the Freedom of Information Act, a big part of keeping his campaign promise to ...
Congress should pass legislation to make sure that public records are kept open A federal appeals court ruled last week that the Freedom of Information Act does not require the White House to turn over information about millions of possibly missing Bush ...
Obama is a breath of fresh air after the Bush administrations secretive ways By law, the U.S. attorney general is required to encourage federal agencies to comply with the Freedom of Information Act, which mandates disclosure of certain government documents.That may be ...
Justice Department advises federal agencies to release records unless harm is foreseeableThe Obama administration advised federal agencies Thursday to release their records and information to the public unless foreseeable harm would result.Attorney General Eric Holder issued new guidelines fleshing out President Barack ...
Despite the cold weather in D.C., President Obama threw open some windows on his first day in office. In one memo, he directed his department heads that when it comes to Freedom of Information Act requests, they "should adopt a presumption in ...
In one of his first official acts as president, Barack Obama ordered more government openness, marking an abrupt end to his predecessor's policy of extraordinary secrecy. Obama's still-be-named chief information officer -- some speculation has centered on Washington, D.C., CTO Vivek Kundra ...
AP President Sees New Push for Open Government, Change From Post-Sept. 11 AttitudesA sea change in attitudes about government secrecy has led Congress to the verge of strengthening the Freedom of Information Act, Tom Curley, president and chief executive of The Associated ...
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