Judge takes IRS to task, sets email deadline
Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, says federal Judge Emmitt Sullivan has ordered the Internal Revenue Service to produce documents of sworn testimonies describing what happened to emails o ...
Snowden emails withheld due to US govt concerns about ‘invasion of personal privacy’
The United States' Department of State Freedom of Information Act has said that the public disclosure of emails by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, Edward Snowden, during his time with the agency, "could cause an unwarranted invasion of persdonal private", according to a report on The Desk website. read more ...
International: How open data is driving efficiencies across Australian government and industry
The open data movement is about more than government agencies being transparent, it's driving efficiencies across government and industry in Australia, says GovHack's national coordinator Pia Waugh. GovHack is an Australia-wide hackathon event where developers produce innovative tools and apps using open government data. read more ...
Rhode Island AG cites agencies for open meetings violations
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has sued two state agencies in R.I. Superior Court, asserting they violated open government regulations. On Friday, Kilmartin filed separate complaints against the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation a ...
Judge Rules Florida Legislature Gerrymandered U.S. House Districts
A Florida circuit court judge ruled the state legislature’s redistricting of U.S. congressional seats violated the Florida Constitution. Judge Terry P. Lewis of the Second Circuit Court in Tallahassee ruled the boundaries drawn by Florida&rsq ...
Coalition Seeks Open Government
President Barack Obama promised to create “a new era of openness” on the first day of his first term. It’s a sad irony that his administration has continued the 20-year trend of being less and less open to journalists. It has prosec ...
NASA’s CTO: Open source software keeps us honest
It’s not every day that NASA creates a position just for you. NASA did just that for Chris C. Kemp in 2010. The tech pioneer became the space agency’s first Chief Technology Officer for Information Technology, appointed to lead and nurtur ...
OGIS Sets Up Shop at IRE
OGIS recently set up a pop-up shop, of sorts, on the West Coast offering one-on-one mini ombuds sessions with journalists and gathering ideas for improving the FOIA process. read more ...
Op-Ed: Sunstein: Let Public Officials Work in Private
Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont and John Cornyn of Texas, leaders of the Judiciary Committee, have long shown an admirable commitment to open government, and their recent bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act is winning a ton of praise. Some ...
