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Transparency groups call for THOMAS bulk downloads
Transparency watchdogs, goo-goo groups and a few others say it’s time the congressional legislation website known as THOMAS offer bulk downloads of its database so that others might do a better...
HHS, DOT start open government plan refresh
Two federal agencies seek feedback to inform updates to their open government plans as the 2 year deadline for refreshing them comes due this spring. The Open Government Directive requires executive
Transparency groups demand more from National Action Plan for open government
A coalition of transparency groups published Dec. 1 a report (.pdf) suggesting improvements to and methods for implementing Obama administration-led transparency efforts. The OpenTheGovernment.org
Vast disparities in agency FOIA processing times
Federal agencies react with wide disparity in the amount of time it takes to process complex Freedom of Information Act requests, compared to simple ones, according to a Sept. 6 report from
Ferriero: Electronic records archiving in crisis
Electronic records face an archiving crisis, said Archivist David Ferriero while speaking March 18 at a Washington, D.C.. event put on by the Center for American Progress and OpenTheGovernment.org. A
Obama gets mixed secrecy review from watchdog
An annual non-profit watchdog report on federal efforts to keep information a secret finds a mixed record in the Obama administration's first year in office. The report, issued Sept. 7 by
The OMB ethos on transparency is "I'm OK, You're OK"
On August 12, the Office of Management Budget updated the Open Government Dashboard , a transparency assessment tool applied to 29 federal agencies. According to the scorecard, agencies are doing a
Open government plans mostly mediocre, says watchdog
Federal agency open government plans are mostly mediocre, says an independent government watchdog, OpenTheGovernment.org. In its evaluation of open government plans--which were released by agencies
Obama gets mixed grades on transparency
Everyone in government knows that President Obama is trying to make the federal government transparent. But with every success, there have been problems. An annual report card that measures the level
10 most wanted federal documents
President Obama has promised transparency in government, and plenty of public interest groups want to make sure he keeps that promise. Still, we have a long way to go before we completely reach that
