From FAS Project on Government Secrecy:
More than two years ago, President Obama set a December 31, 2013 deadline for completing the declassification processing of a backlog of more than 400 million pages of classified historical records that were over 25 years old. But judging from the limited progress to date, it now seems highly unlikely that the President’s directive will be fulfilled.
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From Fierce Government:
Federal agencies are more quickly processing Freedom of Information Act requests, but the speed of processing doesn't mean agencies are more transparent.
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A few open government and FOIA news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Private-sector lobbyists stand to collect public-sector pensions
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From The FOIA Ombudsman:
Consider this: a multi-agency FOIA portal that automates FOIA processing and reporting, stores FOIA requests and responses in a repository and keeps records electronically. Not to mention allows requesters to submit requests to fewer government websites, track the status of requests and find, view and download FOIA requests and agency responses, all in a secure online environment.
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A few open government and FOIA news items from the last couple days that we might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Expert: Anaheim records policy violates state law
The Anaheim Planning Department's records retention policy violates state law by asking employees to purge certain city records before they are old enough to be legally destroyed, Voice of OC's open-government consultant, Terry Francke, said Wednesday.
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