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FOI DAILY DOSE: Gov report verifies Drake’s NSA claims, metadata ruling repealed

The government released a classified Pentagon report from 2004 that supports National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Drake’s claims of waste and abuse within the department. Drake pleaded guilty...

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FOI DAILY DOSE: Agent accuses ATF of retaliation, Wired editorial examines...

Ex-ATF agent accuses agency of retaliation over Project Gunrunner An agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has accused his employer of retaliating against him for publicizing...

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FOI Fail of the Week: Ill. bill that would hurt frequent FOIA requesters one...

The Illinois legislature approved a bill that, if signed into law by the governor, would hurt the ability of frequent FOI requesters to get prompt responses from the government. According to House Bill...

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Changing the story behind freedom of information through peer pressure

In an article on changing corporate culture, strategic adviser Peter Bregman suggests the power of peer pressure to affect far-reaching change within the culture of a business .  Bregman cites a study...

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Mexico and Norway: Government transparency through technology

A vital aspect of success in freedom of information is the transition from the paper age to digital. While the United States was once a leader in freedom of information legislation and implementation,...

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Freedom of Information Act’s 46th anniversary is a reminder of journalism’s...

  Photo courtesy of National Archives The U.S. Freedom of Information Act turned 46 on July 4, 2012.  Today’s blog contains reminders of those whose sacrifices made our access to government information...

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Help us make a splash with weekly FOI profiles

Are you a reporter who goes above and beyond expectations to hold your elected and government officials accountable? Or how about a citizens group working behind the scenes to make public records more...

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FOI Daily Dose: Open records threatened in Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania

Arizona city suggests capping records requests that take ‘long hours’ to complete Arizona open records laws may be under attack if the legislature passes a bill that threatens to limit the number of...

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Local government emails at your fingertips, no need for public records request

This is HUGE: The City of Gainesville, Fla., has moved to make public officials’ emails available online — without the need to submit a FOIA request. Anyone with a computer and Internet connection can...

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Must read FOI stories – 6/13/14

Every week I’ll be doing a round up of the freedom of information stories around the Web. If you have an FOI story you want to share, send me an email or tweet me. City of Gainesville in Florida opens...

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How to FOIA: Environmental Protection Agency

When an environmental story breaks, there’s one agency that always seems to get called for comment: the Environmental Protection Agency. “Environment” is in the name, after all. EPA handles between...

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Guilty by Omission: Tristram Korten and FCIR Investigate What Florida’s DEP...

It started off as a passing complaint from a former contractor with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; the word “climate change” was taboo. The contractor had been hired to write...

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14 Death Cab for Cutie Lyrics that Are Actually About FOI

Illustration by Michael Koretzky, SPJ Region 3 Director In these dark times—coming out of an anti-access administration and right into a an anti-press administration—we journalists may benefit from...

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