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Cybersecurity bills could create FOIA exemptions with broad effects
Cybersecurity legislation that would create a new exemption for the Freedom of Information Act could have a wider effect than intended on the government's ability to deny disclosure to the public of
Agency public affairs offices obstruct flow of information, says survey
An overwhelming percentage of reporters who cover federal agencies say that public affairs offices do a better job of preventing the flow of information than facilitating it. That's according to a
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
FOIA presumption of openness not taking hold, Senate panel told
Activists decried during a Senate hearing March 15 a lack of progress in federal Freedom of Information Act responsiveness despite Obama administration policies meant to foster a climate of
Only half of agencies meet Obama FOIA standards
About half of federal agencies have taken steps required by a White House Freedom of Information Act memo issued a year ago, says a March 14 report from the National Security Archive at George
FOIA instruction, legislation abounds during 'Sunshine Week'
Gray skies departed the nation's capital this week just in time for Sunshine Week , an annual week long effort to promote open government and freedom of information led by the Sunlight Foundation, a
