FOI Daily Dose: High fees in California and stress over a school survey
Journalists and open government advocates in California are riled up about Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal they fear could limit access to public documents. California courts already charge $15 for...
View ArticleFOI Update: OpenSecrets.org unveils IRS data on ‘dark money’ non-profits
OpenSecrets.org, run by the Center for Responsive Politics, unveiled the largest set of public IRS data on politically active non-profits June 4 to help track down donors of “dark money” that has...
View ArticleFOI Update: AP FOIA request? That’ll be $1 million, please.
When The Associated Press asked the Labor Department for secret email addresses of appointed administration employees, the department initially told them it would cost $1 million. The AP learned that...
View ArticleFOI 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...
View ArticleFOI Daily Dose: Fighting for access to federally funded research, California...
EFF fights for access to federally funded research The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling all free information advocates to stand against major publishers they say are working to limit...
View ArticleFOI Daily Dose: Federal government stalls Bloomberg News request for travel...
Federal government stalls Bloomberg News request for travel budgets Bloomberg News reporters are calling out the federal government for stalling numerous records requests, including a recent request...
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