Please also see the press release here [PDF/557KB].
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Tag: government transparency
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for March 15, 2013
Sunshine Week events aim to promote open government
From Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy:
This week is Sunshine Week, an annual effort sponsored by journalism advocacy and civil society organizations to promote values of open government, freedom of information, and public participation. A rich variety of events are scheduled around the country, most of which are free and many of which will be webcast.
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Chan Lowe: Sunshine Week
Those who rhapsodize about defending the freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution (even if all they’ve read is the last half of the Second Amendment) have a good point. Our rights don’t just sit there, inviolate, waiting to be enjoyed at random. They need to be defended around the clock from enemies foreign and domestic.
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Waterkeeper organizations file FOIA lawsuit
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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How the National Archives wants to open up its data to Americans
From Nieman Journalism Lab:
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3rd Global Conference on Transparency Research
From HEC Paris:
We are delighted to invite you to the 3rd Global Conference on Transparency Research.
Deeply rooted in the traditional values of good government, transparency and openness have lately become standards against which a variety of economic, cultural, social and political activities are measured worldwide. Advancing knowledge of these notions has become an imperative in times of economic turmoil, democratic challenges, and the emergence of new methods of global governance.
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SPJ letter urges Wyo. governor to support government transparency
From Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ):
INDIANAPOLIS (February 18, 2013) — Linda Petersen, SPJ Freedom of Information Committee Chair, last week wrote to Wyoming governor Matt Mead asking him to veto a bill concerning public records. The bill, HB223 Public Records — Institutions of Higher Education, would conceal from the public the search process for the University of Wyoming president. Society of Professional Journalists President Sonny Albarado also signed the letter.
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OpenGov voices: innovative investigations — how a watchdog group uses the FOIA process to push the limits of transparency
Second term open government agenda: Achieving greater transparency
The National Freedom of Information Coalition and a host of open government groups offered their support of a message to President Obama in an op-ed written by OpenTheGovernment.org’s executive director Patrice McDermott and published January 31 in The Hill.
"The administration has made progress toward proactively releasing more information online, including on such sites as data.gov, recovery.gov and USAspending.gov," the op-ed states. "But more yet can be done toward achieving transparency."
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