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Thanks.   Patrice McDermott, Director OpenTheGovernment.org www.openthegovernment.org 202.332.OPEN (6736)   July 7, 2008   The Honorable Patrick Leahy Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Washington, DC...

A bill on how the new Controlled Unclassified Information (formerly known as SBU) Framework – announced by the WH on 9 May – is to be implemented in the Dept of Homeland Security (HR 6193) contains a provision requiring DHS to...

This one comes courtesy, once again, of FOIA ace Michael Ravnitzky. Ravnitzky posted this on the FOI listserv, a good place to keep an eye out for access news and tips.   Ravnitzky reminds us that not every federal agency...

Public access advocates aren’t giving up in their effort to get a state law on the books that would allow judges to fine public officials who deliberately violate laws regulating access to public records and meetings. Two state...