The Obama Administration has denied msnbc.com and the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ("CREW") access to the names of White House visitors. The Obama Administration’s position on visitor logs is consistent with that of the Bush...(read more)
Office of Science and Technology Policy Invites Comment on Transparency and Open Government
Today the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comment on issues related to transparency and open government. The Federal Register notice is published here . We reported earlier this...(read more)
President Obama's Budget Funds FOIA "Ombudsman"
In a recent post , we reported that President Obama issued a Freedom of Information Act memorandum directing executive departments and agencies to administer FOIA with a presumption in favor of openness and a memorandum calling for transparency in...(read more)
President Obama Calls for FOIA Improvements and Open Government
On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama issued two memoranda to the heads of executive departments and agencies plainly declaring that government departments and agencies must be open for public scrutiny. In the Freedom of...(read more)