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iFOIA’s new site features tracking

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From Investigative Reporting Workshop: iFOIA, a free online system to create, send and track federal and state records requests, is now up and running. After nearly a year of project development, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) offered iFOIA to Bloomberg News and NPR for beta testing. Since its official release at the Online News Association Conference on Oct. 17, major newsrooms, including The Washington Post, have hosted representatives from the Reporters Committee for tutorials on how this resource can be used effectively by journalists. […]

Judicial Watch forces Clinton Library to release 57,000 pages of records on Hillary Health Care Task Force

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From Standard Newswire: WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2013 /Standard Newswire/ — Judicial Watch announced today that on October 17, 2013, thanks to Judicial Watch litigation, the public gained access to more than 57,000 pages of previously withheld documents from the Clinton Presidential Library related to the National Taskforce on Health Care Reform, a “cabinet-level” taskforce chaired by former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during the first term of the Bill Clinton presidency.

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Anti-war site, upon notifying FBI of cyber-threat, became surveillance target

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From RT: The Federal Bureau of Investigation spent years conducting surveillance on a prominent libertarian anti-war web site, in part because the agency mistakenly believed that the activist page had tried to hack the FBI's own site, according to a new report.

FBI documents viewed by the The Guardian reveal that an investigation into Antiwar.com was motivated by an examination of a “threat” that planned to “hack the FBI web site.” Yet the site never threatened any such thing.

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United States vows to modernize FOIA, expand open data in updated national action plan

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From FierceGovernmentIT: The United States says it will expand open data and modernize the Freedom of Information Act as part of six new transparent government commitments made in an updated national action plan released by the White House Oct. 31.

The United States issued the commitments during the Open Government Summit in London. This year, the annual event brought together 1,000 delegates from more than 60 countries to discuss open government plans.

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Center for Digital Government and National League of Cities congratulate 2013 Digital Cities Survey winners

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From Digital Journal: SACRAMENTO, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 7, 2013) – e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government and the Digital Communities Program today announced the top-ranked cities in the 2013 Digital Cities Survey.

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Opinion: Open data’s business value isn’t that important

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From Sunlight Foundation: The recent Open Government Partnership meetings in London have provided a good opportunity to assess the direction of our community. The latest comes from Jonathan Gray, and the title — Open government should be about accountability and social justice, not the digital economy — more or less speaks for itself:

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Open government groups urge government to reject farm bill that could keep agriculture information secret

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From NFOIC: Open government groups, including NFOIC members and allies, are urging House and Senate conferees to remove provisions from the Farm Bill that provides for increased government secrecy regarding agricultural and livestock operations.

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Mayor Elect de Blasio: Set NYPD records free!

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From MuckRock: The New York Police Department’s animus toward Freedom of Information requests is legendary, and mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has been one of the department’s most outspoken critics. As de Blasio takes the City Hall reins, transparency advocates have a tremendous opportunity. But if you want real reform, hold de Blasio to his watchdog roots.

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Documenting political influence

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From NFOIC: COLUMBIA, Mo – Do you know which industries spend the most to influence politics in your state?

If not, or even if you think you have an idea, you might be in interested in a report by Mother Jones staffers Alex Jones and Tasneem Raja. Using data on political contributions during the 2012 election cycle that was compiled by Followthemoney.org, the pair produced an interesting report and state-by-state map.

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“New” U.S. open government action plan unveiled

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From NFOIC: COLUMBIA, Mo — The Obama Administration is releasing its 2013 open government National Action Plan today to coincide with the Open Government Partnership Annual Summit meeting in London.

In a preview report, the Administration claims it has delivered on 24 of 26 commitments it made in its initial National Action Plan in 2011.

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iFOIA’s new site features tracking

Judicial Watch forces Clinton Library to release 57,000 pages of records on Hillary Health Care Task Force

Anti-war site, upon notifying FBI of cyber-threat, became surveillance target

United States vows to modernize FOIA, expand open data in updated national action plan

Center for Digital Government and National League of Cities congratulate 2013 Digital Cities Survey winners

Opinion: Open data’s business value isn’t that important

Open government groups urge government to reject farm bill that could keep agriculture information secret

Mayor Elect de Blasio: Set NYPD records free!

Documenting political influence

“New” U.S. open government action plan unveiled