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Open Government
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
Thirteen Best Practices for Open Government Webpages
February 17, 2010
POGO joins sign-on letter encouraging the Administration to improve its open government efforts
February 3, 2010
Making Sure Advisory Committees Don't Go To Waste
January 22, 2010
POGO Joins An Open Letter to the United States House of Representatives: Support the Health Care Transparency Resolution!
January 20, 2010
The Magna Carta for Transparency? POGO explores the White House Open Government Directive memo
December 8, 2009
POGO Applauds New DOJ State Secrets Policy: Open Government Breakthrough Ensures Greater Accountability
September 23, 2009
POGO Applauds White House Ethics Waiver Decision
September 4, 2009
POGO Updates FOIA Resources Page
August 26, 2009
POGO Calls for Greater Transparency in Financial Industry Bailout Plan
September 23, 2008
Obama for...Transparency
June 4, 2008
POGO and other groups urge National Archives to preserve website records of the federal government
April 29, 2008
Organizations Across The Political Spectrum Ask House And Senate Leaders To Post Committee Votes Online
April 15, 2008
Watchdog Groups Urge Senators to Oppose Budget Secrecy
November 15, 2007
Related Resources
The State of the State Secrets Privilege
Podcasts; Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law at American University, POGO's Danielle Brian on Panel Three: Legislative Perspective -- an up-to-date view from Capitol Hill of the prospects for state secrets privilege reform by Congress (01:10:48)
November 18, 2009
POGO urges presidential candidates to improve public access to federal spending information and for a more transparent administration
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July 18, 2007
Senator John Cornyn on FOIA and Open Government
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December 14, 2005
Senate vote on making Homeland Security Department comply with open government law for advisory committees
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July 24, 2003
DOE Faces Security Challenges in the Post September 11, 2001, Environment
Robin M. Nazzaro, Director, Natural Resources and Environment Team, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
June 24, 2003
POGO in the News
Fresher data would improve Data.gov, watchdog groups say, By Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, February 5, 2010
Critics pan release of government information, By Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post; The Federal Eye, January 27, 2010
OMB directs agencies to post more data online, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, December 13, 2009
Can Liberal Democrats Reform the Patriot Act?, By Theo Emery, TIME Magazine, September 25, 2009
"Good Government" Groups Praise Obama's Higher Threshold for State Secrets Rule, With White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, ABC News Online, Political Punch, September 23, 2009
Ten administration officials granted exceptions to ethics rule, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, September 9, 2009
Obama Finds That Washington’s Habits of Secrecy Die Hard, By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, April 4, 2009
Obama gets down to business on 1st day, By Todd Spangler, Free Press And Associated Press, January 22, 2009
Massive New Spending, Bush-Era Policies Top Lists of Concerns For Next Year, By Justin Rood, Megan Chuchmach & Brian Ross, ABC News, January 2, 2009
'Transparency' fixes seen in Congress' future, By John Fritze, USA Today, January 2, 2009
Treasury Seeks Wall Street's Help in Bailout, By Tanya Snyder, Free Speech Radio News, October 4, 2008
Sweeping authority for Treasury chief survives bailout negotiations, By Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive, October 3, 2008
Congress revamps bailout deal — with 'a few sweeteners' , By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, October 3, 2008
Bailout bill would have given Treasury chief unfettered authority, By Robert Brodsky and Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive, September 29, 2008
Bailout Outrage Races Across the Web, By Moira Herbst, BusinessWeek, September 25, 2008
BAE technology may have been 'compromised', says Pentagon, By Danny Fortson, The Independent, May 3, 2008
Security of F-35 Jet Secrets Questioned, By Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, May 2, 2008
Pentagon inspector faults U.S. oversight of BAE, By Jim Wolf, Reuters, May 1, 2008
Stealth Fighter Security 'May Have Been Compromised' (Updated), By Noah Shachtman, Wired News, May 1, 2008
Fighter jet program may have compromised secret technology, By Joelle Tessler , Associated Press, May 1, 2008
Pentagon Didn't Safeguard Tech At BAE Facilities - Govt Report, , Dow Jones International News, May 1, 2008
Security Dept. Eases Its Nondisclosure Rule, By John Files, The New York Times, January 18, 2005
Lawmakers questioning Eli Lilly role: Watchdogs fear Homeland Security Advisory Council exemption from FACA, By Peter Brand, The Hill, July 22, 2003
