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Showing posts with label access to information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label access to information. Show all posts
Sunday, October 5, 2025

Journal calls for imagining FOIA 60 years hence

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The Journal of Civic Information plans a special issue on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at 60, and the deadline for submissions has...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

U.S. FOIA committee contemplates research, reform

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The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee , on which I serve as a non-governmental member, held a public meeting  Thu...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Transparency research conference issues CFP for '26

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The Ninth Global Conference on Transparency Research has issued its call for papers . The conference is set for June 24-26, 2026, at Carlet...
Monday, May 19, 2025

LoMonte tells timely Tenn. tale of vanishing public records, legislative response in retention requirement

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My friend and colleague Frank LoMonte , CNN senior legal counsel, has published a superb and timely new article, "The Race to Erase: De...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Sunshine Fest shines in D.C. despite gloomy climate

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Last week I attended Sunshine Fest in Washington, D.C., a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sunshine Week , which recognizes t...
Monday, December 2, 2024

Even town fool has opinions on FOIA

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For better or worse, my town fool's face today graced The FOIA Ombuds , the blog of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Police reform shines light on disciplinary records

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CC0 Pixabay via picryl A favorable reform to follow the police protest movement of recent years, stemming in particular from the killing of...
Saturday, May 13, 2023

Opioid settlement disbursements must be transparent, state high court rules in row over nonprofit foundation

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The nonprofit foundation responsible for disbursing hundreds of millions of dollars of opioid settlement money in Ohio is subject to state f...
Monday, February 27, 2023

FOI seminar shines light on transparency research

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In fall 2022, students in my freedom-of-information (FOI) law seminar produced another range of compelling research papers in which they inq...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Follow the dollar, name politicians in train disaster

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Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) blocked rail safety measures. Medill DC via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Government "tried" to regulate rail, but ...

Grand juror in Ga. Trump probe says little

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Pres. Trump leaves Marietta, Georgia, in January 2021. Trump White House Archives via Flickr (public domain) The news is ablaze with the ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Sunshine filters in to Mass. jail with gloomy history

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Bristol County, Mass., Sheriff Paul Heroux is seeking to close a jail with a gloomy history, and last week he gave journalists a look inside...