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Showing posts with label transparency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transparency. Show all posts
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,...
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...
Friday, March 7, 2025

FOIA committee meets after firing of National Archivist

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Yesterday, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee , on which I am privileged to serve, held a public meeting, available o...
Friday, December 6, 2024

FOIA Advisory Committee takes aim at volume, other challenges in access to public records

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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee , serving the National Archives, held a public meeting yesterday via WebEx, and the...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Transparency never goes out of style

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This autumn, I am privileged to serve as a new member of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee, a U.S. federal entity con...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Book supports legal privilege for undercover reporting

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Truth and Transparency , a recent book by Professors Alan K. Chen and Justin Marceau , is a comprehensive and gratifying tour of the histor...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Smart but unconstitutional? Trump appointee inverts Scalia maxim in striking corporate transparency law

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"Corporate Transparency," Seattle by Daniel Foster via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 A federal district court in Alabama ruled the Corpo...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

To combat corruption, India Supreme Court strikes down dark money system, cites U.S. precedents

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Late last week, the Supreme Court of India struck a blow for transparency and accountability when it ruled unconstitutional a system of ano...
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...
Friday, September 15, 2023

£5.41m reg fine over energy traders' WhatsApps cautions attorneys also on retention, spoliation, FOI

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Electrical pylons on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, England. Mr T via Geograph CC BY-SA 2.0 The British gas and electric regulatory authority (...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Ark. Gov swings again at state FOIA

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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has proposed a bill to undercut the highly regarded transparency regime of that state's Freedo...
Monday, May 22, 2023

DA cannot shield officer, EMT identities from state FOIA disclosure, court rules in fatal police shooting

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A Massachusetts Superior Court in March ordered the district attorney to release investigative records to the family of a man killed by poli...
Sunday, May 14, 2023

Public records make $363m toxic-tort verdict possible

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Condensed ethylene oxide, a carcinogen. 102% Yield via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Public records made possible a $363m verdict in a tox...
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...