June 2007
- Public Citizen blogs about automotive safety and how access to public documents are a valuble tool. June 29, 2007
- Hmmm, does anyone else smell some irony? June 28, 2007
- Schoolyard secrets: When it comes to kids' safety, why do we tolerate a public right not to know? Interesting op-ed by Joy Horowitz in the LA Times. June 27, 2007
My favorite line from the editorial: "...assurances mean little without accurate information and accountability. The principle that government information belongs to the people is more than a quaint idea." --Joy Horowitz
- St. Charles school board knew it broke law June 27, 2007
Here is what one of the board members had to say about it: "If they find out about it, they find out about it," board member Jim Gaffney said at the closed-doors meeting in April 2005. "But I don't think we want to tell anybody."
- FEMA must release disaster relief records An appeals court has denied the agency's claims of privacy protection in favor of public's right to know under the Freedom of Information Act. June 26, 2007
- A good editorial from the Waco Tribune Herald on the importance of open government. June 25, 2007
- FOI compliance officers in Texas are not fully trained. Shocking! June 24, 2007
- New Life for an Open-Government Law June 24, 2007
- Panel created to examine making public records more accessible. Way to go Florida! June 20, 2007
- Drug, Food Risks Stay Secret as Inquiries to U.S. FDA Pile Up June 19, 2007
- Former Justice Official Opens Up About FOIA June 12, 2007
- Open records requests from Berkeley's Sunshine Project to the Air Force's Wright Laboratory in Dayton discover evidence of ... a gay bomb? June 8, 2007
- This is new: a public agency that encourages FOIA requests. June 7, 2007
- Does anyone else see a problem when even the president wants to hide records from the public? June 1, 2007
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