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Monday, March 30, 2009 9:06 PM

Bird-brained reason for withholding documents.

The Associated Press reports that the Federal Aviation Administration has reversed its previous decision to release a database of bird strikes on commercial aircraft, the kind of thing that forced a commercial airliner crew to ditch their plane in the
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:32 PM

'Holder Memo' reverses eight years of secrecy

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder issued a memorandum today saying that federal records are presumed public unless an agency an reasonably foresee that disclosure would harm the country. Holder also said agencyies are fully accountable for administering
posted by DavidCuillier | 0 Comments
Friday, March 06, 2009 2:32 PM

Bailout Transparency page sheds light in darkness

Want to know where all your money is going in the financial bailout? So do a lot of other people. Fortunately, openthegovernment.org has dedicated a Web page to news, reports and sources regarding the transparency side of the bailout. It is crucial that
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:36 PM

Detroit Free Press victorious over access to e-mail

A judge ruled that the Detroit Free Press should have access to the e-mails between former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, because the two exchanged love messages on city machines through the city e-mail system, according
posted by DavidCuillier | 0 Comments
Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:45 AM

Prepare for Sunshine Week: Free materials online

Prepare now for national Sunshine Week, March 15-21, which educates citizens about their right to access government information. Tons of free information is provided online by the American Society of Newspaper Editors that you can use in your reporting,
posted by DavidCuillier | 1 Comments