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Press Room :  Policy and News Updates :  2008 Policy and News Updates : 

2008 Policy and News Updates



Policy and News Updates for July 15, 2008

News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Report on Government Secrecy Now Available for Purchase
II. OpenTheGovernment.org and 29 open government advocates endorse S. 2746, the OPEN FOIA Act
III. 24 Groups Join OpenTheGovernment.org in Support of H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act


Policy and News Updates for July 1, 2008

News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. House Oversight Committee Members Introduce "Google for Government"
II. GAP, American University Washington College of Law Host Conference on Whistleblower Rights


Policy and News Updates for June 17, 2008

News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. OpenTheGovernment.org Director Testifies About CUI/SBU Policy, Legislation
II. Supreme Court Vindicates FOIA Requestor, Advocates
III. Third Attorney General Report to the President on Executive Order 13392, "Improving Agency Disclosure of Information" Released
IV. Critical Coverage Leads to Blacklisting


Policy and News Updates for June 3, 2008

I. OpenTheGovernment.org Commends Senators Coburn and Obama for New Transparency Legislation
II. Sunshine Week Webcast Now Available on DVD
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for May 20, 2008

I. The Director of OpenTheGovernment.org, Testifies at NARA Oversight Hearing
II. White House Issues Memorandum on 'Sensitive but Unclassified' Framework
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for May 6, 2008

I. 19 Groups Join OpenTheGovernment.org in Urging Continuation of Snapshots of Federal Web Sites
II. The Pentagon's Hidden Hand Behind TV Analysts
III. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution Holds Hearing on Secret Law<
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Update for April 22, 2008

I. OpenTheGovernment.org and 33 Groups Call for Public Comment on SBU Guidance
II. CREW Report Finds Federal Government Electronic Record Keeping Practices Abysmal
III. NARA Has Decided Not to Record a "Snapshot" of Government Webpages at the End of the Current Administration
IV. William Bosanko is Named the New Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
News from Coalition Partners & Others



Policy and News Updates for April 8, 2008

I. Sunshine Week Wrap-up: Veotag Webcast
II. PIDB Remarks
III. Legislative Update: CRS Reports
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for March 25, 2008

I. "Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know" summary
II. Legislative Update
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for March 11, 2008

I. OpenTheGovernment.org's Sunshine Week Event: "Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know" Update
II. Presidential Library Funding Developments
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for February 26, 2008

I. Senators Kennedy, Specter, and Leahy introduce legislation to clarify "state secrets" privilege
II. OpenTheGovernment.org supports FOIA, whistleblower protection efforts
III. Washington Post prints OpenTheGovernment.org-CREW letter to the editor re: NARA, Presidential Records Act
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for February 12, 2008

I. OpenTheGovernment.org Opposes Bush Budget Proposal to Repeal Part of OPEN Government Act and Grant DOJ Ombudsman Role
II. More Panelists Confirmed for OpenTheGovernment.org Sunshine Week Event: Edwards, Beeson Join Podesta
III. Informational Update
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for January 29, 2008

I. Bush Budget May Shift OGIS Funding from NARA to DOJ, Undermining OPEN-Government Act
II. The Smithsonian Institution and FOIA
III. Legislative Update
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for January 15, 2008

I. Registration for OpenTheGovernment.org's Sunshine Week event now open!
II. Legislative Update
III. Interview with Steven Aftergood of FAS, discussing the report of the Public Interest Declassification Board
News from Coalition Partners & Others


Policy and News Updates for January 2, 2008

I. Legislative updates
II. Sunshine Week 2008 Registration Starts This Monday
III. Notes from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing: E-Government 2.0: Improving Innovation, Collaboration, and Access