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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : Regime |
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SUNSHINE WEEK: An Occasion for Recalling and Reinforcing the Value of Open Government |
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by via Secrecy News
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16 Mar 2005
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Nearly everyone in Congress agrees, including Porter Goss BEFORE he became CIA head, that there is too much government secrecy -- but so far little has been done to open government to public review. |
News organizations, openness advocates and others are promoting the
week of March 13, dubbed "Sunshine Week," as an occasion for
recalling and reinforcing the value of open government.
A variety of links, leads and other resources for reporters and
others can be found on the main Sunshine Week web site here:
http://www.sunshineweek.org/
Among other notable events scheduled for the week are a March 15
hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Cornyn/Leahy bill
to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act (judiciary.senate.gov),
and the National Freedom of Information Day conference March 16 at
the Freedom Forum (www.firstamendmentcenter.org).
Sunshine Week is sponsored in part by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation (www.knightfdn.org), which also supports Secrecy News and
other open government initiatives.
Secrecy News is written by Steven Aftergood and published by the
Federation of American Scientists.
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Archive General Counsel Testifies Before Congressional Hearing on "Openness in Government and Freedom of Information" |
by National Security Archive
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16 Mar 2005
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Washington D.C., March 15, 2005 - National Security Archive general counsel Meredith Fuchs testified today before a Senate subcommittee hearing on "Openness in Government and Freedom of Information: Examining the OPEN Government Act of 2005." Today's proceedings marked the first time since 1992 that the Senate Judiciary Committee has called a hearing to examine FOIA compliance.
Please follow the link below to read the complete statement from Archive general counsel Meredith Fuchs.
http://www.nsarchive.org |
