News Highlights
'03 White House E-Mails Not Found
[Washington Post, 5.07.08]
FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret 'National Security Letter', Loses
[Wired, 5.07.08]
Yoo, Ashcroft To Testify On Interrogation Policies; Subpoena Authorized For Addington
[Politico, 5.06.08]
F.B.I. Raids Special Counsel’s Office
[NY Times, 5.06.08]
Lawmakers seek probe of Pentagon public relations program
[AP via GovExec.com, 5.05.08]
The Ultimate Little Black Book
[Washington Post, 5.05.08]
Editorial: Missing Records
[New York Times, 5.04.08]
White House Blocked Rule Issued to Shield Whales.
[Washington Post, 5.01.08]
Telecoms and the Bush administration talked about how to keep their surveillance program under wraps.
[Newsweek, 5.01.08]
Lawmakers to See Secret Documents
[The Washington Post, 5.01.08; See also Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government]
Air marshals grounded in list mix-ups
[Washington Times, 4.30.08]
Of Interest
Eyes Only: [redacted]: In Its[redacted] Offices, the National Security Archive Houses Stockpiles of[redacted], Gotten From the Government by[redacted]
[Washington Post, 5.08.08]
Navy releases McCain's military record
[AP via Lexington Herald-Leader, 5.07.08]
DOD Posts Documents Released to New York Times on Pentagon's Military Analyst Program
[BeSpacific.com, 5.07.08]
National Security Archive Update, May 6, 2008: White House Backups are Incomplete, May Not Contain Some Missing E-mails
[National Security Archive, 5.06.08]
FBI FIles: Mismanaged Secrets
[Fox 5 News, 5.06.08; See also Archive Featured in Fox News Expose on FBI Files]
Pentagon Details OSD Records Management
[Secrecy News, 5.06.08]
ANALYSES/COMMENTARIES: In Search of Consensus on the Role of Secrecy
[HS Today, 5.05.08]
NEWS: Federal e-mail preservation clears House committee
[NextGov.com, 5.05.08]
NEWS: Transparency bill worked on in the open
[The Hill, 5.05.08]
COMMENTARY: Today's Must Read
[TPM Muckraker, 5.01.08]
NEWS: Italy posts income details on web
[BBC, 5.01.08]
ANALYSES/COMMENTARIES: Expectation of privacy a precious right
[SeattlePI.com, 5.01.08]
NEWS: National Labs Develope Improved Searches
[Federal Computer Week, 4.30.08]
Let's Reverse the Pattern of Secrecy
Concerned that our government keeps from the American public information that we need to make our families safe, secure our country and strengthen democracy, a broad-based set of organizations formed OpenTheGovernment.org. We hope you'll help.
Read our Strategic Operational Plan.
OpenTheGovernment.org and thirty-three groups urged the White House to allow public review and comment on new rules governing the designation of Sensitive But Unclassified (or Controlled Unclassified Information -- CUI) that are expected to be released soon. Opportunities for public comment were promised almost 6 years ago and many of the groups have sent previous letters (in 2007and 2003) requesting an opportunity to comment.
For more about the Public Interest Declassification Board, visit the PIDB web site.
Webcast Now Available for Viewing |
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The webcast of our March 19 event, "Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know," is now available for viewing here at OpenTheGovernment.org; click on the graphic above or here, for our webcast page. A DVD of the event will also be available for purchase.
For more information about our event, see our 2008 event information page.
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Over fifty signatories, including OpenTheGovernment.org, wrote to Congress in support of whistleblower protections for scientists when the Senate takes up H.R. 985. The letter urges Senators to preserve language defending federal scientists against retaliation for exposing suppression and distortion of their work.
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New Report Finds Expanded Federal Government Secrecy in 2006
Read the Secrecy Report Card 2007. Read the press release. |
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New Book Updates 1987 Report on Government Secrecy
OpenTheGovernment.org and People For the American Way Foundation document executive branch changes -- expanding power, diminishing accountability -- in Government Secrecy: Decisions Without Democracy 2007 (PDF; see also: press release). |