From Knight Foundation:
SAN FRANCISCO — (Sept. 20, 2012) -— Six media innovation ventures that make it easier to access and use information on local communities, air quality, elections, demographics and more received a total of $2.22 million today as winners of the Knight News Challenge: Data.
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From OMB Watch:
New guidance issued Friday by the Department of Justice (DOJ) will help to ensure that a little-known part of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) will not be inappropriately used to shield agency activities from public scrutiny.
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From McLean Patch:
Every year, for every elected office, candidates are asked what their position would be on Policy X or Policy Y. Candidates also make promises about what they would do about Issue A or Issue B. And some try to assure voters that they would adhere to Principle M but not Principle N (or vice versa) if elected.
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From Federal News Radio:
Federal agencies processed more than 631,000 requests for government records under the Freedom of Information Act in fiscal 2011, 5 percent more than the year before. But the number of backlogged requests government-wide nonetheless shot up from less than 70,000 to more than 83,000.
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From Boston.com:
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A state senator from Bucksport is to receive the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition’s annual Sunshine Award for his efforts to keep government information open and accessible to the public.
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From National Security Counselors:
National Security Counselors, a DC area public interest organization, is accepting applications for a legal intern for the Fall 2012 semester.
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A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
Three bills increase government transparency in Delaware
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