Tag: Freedom of Information Act

Lois Lerner emails obtained from the House Ways and Means Committee [AP Photo]Â

Little to celebrate for Sunshine Week this year

Washington Examiner · March 20, 2015 9:00 am

Horror stories abound among patchwork of state public records access laws

Sarah Bedford · March 20, 2015 9:00 am

Who at the Export-Import Bank warned Boeing about a Delta FOIA?

Timothy P. Carney · March 19, 2015 7:53 pm

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber listens as right as Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Judicial Watch sues for docs on Gruber’s sole-source Obamacare contract

Luke Rosiak · March 18, 2015 5:30 pm

"The government took longer to turn over files when it provided any, said more regularly that it couldn't find documents, and refused a record number of times to turn over files quickly that might be especially newsworthy," AP said.

Obama White House sets new record for ‘denying, censoring government files’: AP

Becket Adams · March 18, 2015 5:22 pm

Amazing ways feds hide info

Sarah Bedford · March 18, 2015 9:00 am

The coalition's letter was made public Tuesday, the same day a State Department spokesman said the department has no record of Clinton signing a mandatory form when she resigned in 2013. [AP Photo]Â

Transparency groups want Clinton’s emails preserved electronically for public

Mark Tapscott · March 17, 2015 8:57 pm

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. His department earned an "F" onÂ Cause of Action's FOIA Report Card. [AP Photo

Three federal departments ignored law requiring FOIA compliance reports

Sarah Bedford · March 16, 2015 4:49 pm

Archivists place boxes of official and personal records, including 500 gigabytes of email and other electronic files, on the shelves in archive stacks.Â During the seven days of Sunshine Week media outlets, nonprofits, schools and concerned citizens team up to promote the importance of transparency and accountability at all levels of government.Â (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Watchdogs prepare for Sunshine Week

Sarah Bedford · March 16, 2015 12:48 pm

Carville: I ‘Suspect’ Hillary Used Private Email to Avoid Congressional Oversight

Daniel Halper · March 15, 2015 1:23 pm

Clinton was required to sign document claiming she turned over emails in 2013

Mark Tapscott · March 12, 2015 1:44 am

A veteran State Department employee took payments to spy for China over a five-year period, according to Justice Department officials. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

State Department worst of all agencies at answering FOIAs, study shows

Sarah Bedford · March 10, 2015 5:10 pm