From American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU):
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled today that the Central Intelligence Agency cannot deny its “intelligence interest” in the targeted killing program and refuse to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests about the program while officials continue to make public statements about it.
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From FCW:
The Center for Effective Government on March 13 released a report on the government's Freedom of Information Act response efforts, finding that agencies processed more FOIA in 2012 than in previous years, and that backlogs have declined even as the number of requests has grown. But more requests are being redacted, the report found, and the cost of FOIA processing varied widely from agency to agency.
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Read More… from Watchdog group grades agencies’ FOIA performance
From The Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch:
The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council has awarded the “Citizen Openness Award” to the Center for Media and Democracy for its efforts to bring sunshine to government operations in 2012.
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Read More… from Center for Media and Democracy wins open government award
Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for March 8, 2013
From eStormWater.com:
On Tuesday, March 4, Waterkeeper Alliance, in collaboration with several Gulf of Mexico Waterkeeper organizations, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard over unfulfilled requests for public records related to the ongoing Taylor Energy oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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From Leesburg Today:
A Loudoun General District Court judge today ruled that the Loudoun County School Board responded reasonably to a request for information from a Lovettsville resident who filed a suit that argued otherwise.
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Read More… from Judge sides with school board In Va. FOIA case
From Citizens for a Healthy Community:
DENVER – A federal court ruled yesterday (February 13, 2013) that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policy and practice of keeping secret from the public the identity of entities nominating public lands for oil and gas development is unlawful.
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