Tag: Sunshine Week

The Obama administration has set a new record for rejecting Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a new report. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Report: Obama denied a record 77 percent of FOIA requests

Rudy Takala · March 19, 2016 12:42 am

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

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

Amazing ways feds hide info

Sarah Bedford · March 18, 2015 9:00 am

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

Documents obtained following Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Naval Criminal Investigative Service, are displayed at the AP office in Tokyo on Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

FOIA exemptions provide ample cover for bureaucrats hiding agency secrets, transparency advocates say

Mark Flatten · March 31, 2014 4:00 am