This excellent look at the story behind the story of federal FOIA is a great read on Independence Day….
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A Great Look at Fed FOIA Logjams…
Posted on June 25, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
Today’s New York Times does a marvelous job of looking into the progress — or lack thereof – in implementing President Obama’s openness initiatives…this is the kind of reporting we need MUCH more of. cd
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DeMint Files FOIA Request Over NLRB’s Boeing Suit…
Posted on June 7, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
From a story in The Hill: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Monday sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in an effort to “bring transparency” to what DeMint says was a partisan decision by the board to sue Boeing. “The public facts surrounding the complaint raise serious [...]
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A Great Look at FOIA Responsiveness, Or Lack Thereof…
Posted on June 3, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
A great idea by The Hill: Government responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests vary widely, with some federal agencies refusing to release data that others provide in a timely fashion, according to an analysis by The Hill. More than six months ago, The Hill filed FOIA requests for over 70 federal agencies’ FOIA [...]
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A Gem For Your Conspiracy Theorist…
Posted on June 1, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
Arguing that the CIA has no right to withhold records that are more than 30 years old, a watchdog group filed a motion this week seeking a federal court to compel the spy agency to reveal what it knows about the conservative Catholic group that is the stuff of legend. Public Citizen is working on [...]
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A New Book On The Father Of Federal FOIA…
Posted on May 27, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
Thanks to The Miami Herald for letting me know about this great new book! The late Sacramento congressman John Moss led a right-to-know revolution whose contours he never could have imagined. Now, this one-time appliance salesman and unlikely author of the Freedom of Information Act is the subject of a new biography. Penned by a [...]
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Mug Shots, Public in Almost All States, Closed By Federal Court
Posted on March 14, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
Releasing mug shot photographs under the federal Freedom of Information Act would violate the personal privacy rights of those depicted, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta (11th Cir.) held on Friday in Karantsalis v. Department of Justice. As the second federal appellate level court to address the issue, the Eleventh Circuit’s decision to deny access [...]
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