Open, Accountable Govt.
Freedom of Information Act Performance, 2012: Agencies Are Processing More Requests but Redacting More Often
(3/13/13) A building block of American democracy is the idea that citizens have a right to information about how their government ...
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Environmental Protections Threatened by Sequestration and Funding Cuts
(3/12/13) Federal agencies have started feeling the impact of the across-the-board spending cuts, known as sequestration, that went into effect March 1. Plans to furlough employees and cut programs ...
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Undoing Sequestration
(3/12/13) Across-the-board federal spending cuts, called "sequestration," have begun. What can be done to undo this damaging budget policy? One of the primary barriers to fixing sequestration is that it is playing out much like the metaphor of a boiling frog. According to the metaphor, if ...
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Delivering on Open Government: The Obama Administration's Unfinished Legacy
(3/10/13) This report examines progress made during President Obama’s first term toward open government goals outlined in a comprehensive set of recommendations that the open government ...
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The Freedom of Information Act: Agencies Are Processing More Requests but Redacting More Often
(3/13/13) WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013—In an analysis released today, the Center for Effective Government ...
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Former Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Paints Unrecognizably Rosy Picture of Rule Reviews
(3/12/13) Cass Sunstein, former Office of Information and Regulatory ...
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After Four Years, Obama Delivers Policy Leadership on Transparency, but Agency Implementation Is Inconsistent
(3/12/13) Four years ago, President Obama entered office offering an inspiring ...
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Illinois Introduces Strongest Fracking Disclosure Bill in the Country
(3/11/13) Illinois would have the strongest protective oversight rules on fracking in the country under legislation introduced on Feb. 21 in the General ...
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