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Showing posts with label freedom of information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom of 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...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Regulatory overhaul opens opportunity to build 'transparency by design' into federal contracting

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Google Gemini CC0 Colleagues and I submitted a comment to the federal government yesterday urging recognition of the freedom of information,...
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...
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Observers comment on Assange extradition hearings

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My thanks to Assange Defense Boston for organizing the Massachusetts State House rally on February 20 (above). Assange Defense Boston poste...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Assange Defense Boston rallies at State House

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The Boston Committee of Assange Defense rallied today at the Massachusetts State House. At the rally today, I spoke about my experience wi...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Me and Julian Assange

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WikiLeaks founder battles extradition in UK courts Julian Assange, 2014 Cancillería del Ecuador via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 I'm as close to...
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Naming rape suspects may draw criminal charges for journalists under Northern Ireland privacy law

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Bernard Goldbach via Flickr CC BY 2.0 In Northern Ireland, it's a crime for a journalist to identify a rape suspect. The relevant provi...