This Week in Transparency: Whistleblowers remain mired in broken system

'When revealing secret documents, one law helps us like no other.' Good piece over at War Is Boring on how it used the FOIA for national security reporting, when it …

This Week in Transparency: Whistleblowers remain mired in broken system

'When revealing secret documents, one law helps us like no other.' Good piece over at War Is Boring on how it used the FOIA for national security reporting, when it …

Obama’s Justice Department secretly helped kill the FOIA transparency bill that was based on its own policy

We’ve long known the Justice Department’s stance on transparency has been hypocritical and disingenuous. But they’ve really outdone themselves this time. Last week, the agency secretly helped kill a bipartisan …

Why aren't more news outlets covering Sen. Rockefeller's shameful attempt to kill FOIA reform?

An uncontroverisal, mild Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reform bill may die on Monday, despite passing 410-0 in the House earlier this year, and with a similar bipartisan vote …

Transparency bill on the verge of passing is being blocked by Sen. Rockefeller

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. FOIA Reform The FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 …

Donate to support transparency and accountability this holiday season

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Donate to support transparency and accountability this holiday season

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Donate to support transparency and accountability this holiday season

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This Week in Transparency: Court gives NYPD Glomar powers and more

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. "Information is the currency of power." — Barton …

Why the court decision to release the Guantanamo force-feeding videos is so important

Okay, this is huge: a federal judge has ordered the government to release videos of Guantanamo force-feedings. Expect the footage to be sickening to watch.Why is this so …