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Open Government
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
POGO Joins Other Watchdogs in Calling on the Super Committee to Release its Secrets
December 5, 2011
Super Committee Must Post Recommendations 72 Hours Before Voting
November 16, 2011
POGO and Allies Support Amending the Presidential Records Act
November 2, 2011
POGO opposes false and misleading DOJ FOIA amendment
October 19, 2011
Super Committee: Under the (Foreign) Influence?
October 6, 2011
President Obama’s ‘Road Map’ Leads to Promised Open Government Reforms
September 20, 2011
POGO Joins Groups Urging Deficit Reduction Super Committee to Disclose Lobbying Contacts
September 15, 2011
The Open Government Partnership
September 9, 2011
Next Steps on Government Transparency and Openness
September 8, 2011
Openness Floor
September 7, 2011
Records management in an electronic environment
August 30, 2011
POGO Argues Public Deserves to Know Whether Contractor Misconduct Reporting Rule Has Been Effective
August 25, 2011
POGO and Partners Ask for More Openness on Open Government Partnership Plan We are writing to thank you for opening up the consultation process for the development of the U.S. Government’s action plan as part of its participation in the Open Government Partnership. We are concerned, however, with your stated intent to “post a summary of your submissions online in the future. We do not think this meets the spirit of the consultation process, nor is it in keeping with the President’s commitment to transparent government.
August 16, 2011
POGO and Partners Urge Senate to Fix the DoD Secrecy Provision On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we are writing to urge you to oppose an over-broad and ill-defined provision relating to “critical infrastructure information,” in Section 1044 of the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 1254, that could prevent the public from having access to critical health and security information.
August 15, 2011
POGO and Partners Say Super Committee Must Be Open
August 8, 2011
Podcast: Conflict Zone: Increasing Transparency of NIH-Funded Researchers' Financial Conflicts of Interest In May 2010, leaders at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed a rule that would require NIH-funded researchers to publicly disclose their financial arrangements with drug and medical device companies.
August 2, 2011
This proposal would bring a much needed dose of transparency to federally funded medical research. Now, one thing stands in its way: the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). POGO is concerned that OMB will weaken or block this proposal, and in July, we sent a letter urging OMB to leave the rule intact.
For this podcast, POGO Staff Scientist Ned Feder and POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian discuss why this proposal is so important. After we recorded this podcast, Nature News reported that the proposal has been dropped. Things aren't completely final just yet--but if the NIH's disclosure proposal does wind up on the cutting room floor, it would be a significant blow to transparency and taxpayer interests.
House Oversight Committee Should Commemorate the 45th Anniversary of FOIA by Passing the Faster FOIA Act
June 24, 2011
POGO Joins Groups in Supporting the DATA Act
June 21, 2011
Groups Urge Congess to Save Open Gov Websites
June 13, 2011
POGO Joins Groups Calling for Public Access to Complaint Database at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
May 25, 2011
POGO Joins Groups in Supporting Transparency in Government Contracting E.O. Contractor Accountability?
May 4, 2011
Two Pitfalls
April 11, 2011
Federal Agencies Blocking FOIA Requests with 'Exemptions Gone Wild,' POGO Tells Congressional Panel
March 17, 2011
POGO Joins Letter Calling For Reopening of the NARA Investigation into the CIA Destruction of Federal Records
December 22, 2010
Controlled Unclassified Information Gets A Presidential Makeover
November 4, 2010
POGO Demands Comprehensive Contract Disclosure
July 12, 2010
Release from OpenTheGovernment.org, POGO, and other Partners: Most Agencies Improve Open Government Plans Before Deadline Twenty-two of 39 federal agencies responded to the call from OpenTheGovernment.org to issue revised Open Government Plans by last Friday’s deadline. OpenTheGovernment.org will work with volunteers to re-evaluate the strength of the plans, and provide feedback on the changes. The organization will release updated findings in July.
June 28, 2010
Nine Essential Transparency and Accountability Measures for Financial Reform Legislation
June 9, 2010
Groups Urge Lawmakers to Ensure Public Access to Whistleblower Disclosures on Financial Fraud
May 11, 2010
Audit Reveals Wide Variation in Agency Plans to Make Government More Open A ranking of agencies’ Open Government Plans compiled during an independent audit reveals the strongest and weakest agency plans, with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the top of the list and the Department of Justice (DOJ) at the bottom. Strikingly, the audit also found that several agencies that are supposed to lead by example on the government openness front failed to do so in their Open Government Plans.
May 3, 2010
POGO Joins Coalition Support For Public Information Being Available Online, Calls for Hearings on the Public Online Information Act
March 16, 2010
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
Time for Bernanke to Deliver on Transparency Promises
August 26, 2009
POGO Updates FOIA Resources Page
August 26, 2009
Dr. Ned Feder: Ethical Problems at NIH - The Struggle Continues
October 24, 2008
POGO Calls for Greater Transparency in Financial Industry Bailout Plan
September 23, 2008
Conflicting Interests at FDA
August 8, 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
Really Want to Influence Politicians? Stop Donating to Campaigns, Bruce Watson, Daily Finance, November 3, 2011
Watchdogs wants more lobbying info from supercommittee members, Dave Levinthal, POLITICO, September 15, 2011
Crowd sourcing can supplement whistleblowing, experts say, Joseph Marks, Nextgov.com, July 29, 2011
Watching the watchdog: Cummings grows into oversight role, John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun, June 11, 2011
When did sunlight become the infectant?, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), The Hill, May 12, 2011
House members clash over contractor disclosure order, Alice Lipowicz, Washington Technology, May 12, 2011
Budget could close the door on open government, By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post; Federal Eye: Keeping Tabs On The Government, April 14, 2011
Administration falling short on FOIA compliance, critics say, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, March 17, 2011
Obama receiving transparency award (at a later date) despite criticism, By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post; Keeping Tabs on the Government, March 16, 2011
Publishing contracts online? Not so fast, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, February 10, 2011
Public interest groups demand renewed probe of CIA’s destroyed torture records, By Stephen C. Webster, The Raw Story, December 23, 2010
Whither the Gatekeeper? Navigating New Rules and Roles in the Age of Radical Transparency, With POGO's Danielle Brian, Washington Post's Walter Pincus and Maggie Mulvihill, New England Center for Investigative Reporting, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, December 16, 2010
Agencies use new label for safeguarded docs, By Jolie Lee, Federal News Radio, November 5, 2010
Reforming the way Washington works (Sen. Gillibrand), By Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), The Hill's Congress Blog, July 20, 2010
Agencies must satisfy taxpayers' hunger for information, By POGO's Angela Canterbury and Bryan Rahija, Federal Times, June 13, 2010
Even the 'worst' open government plans include open source, By Amy Vernon, Network World, May 3, 2010
Group gives most open government plans mediocre marks, By Aliya Sternstein, NextGov.com, May 3, 2010
House transparency caucus vows to regain public's trust in government, By Aliya Sternstein, NextGov.com, April 29, 2010
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
Congress revamps bailout deal — with 'a few sweeteners' , By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, October 3, 2008
Sweeping authority for Treasury chief survives bailout negotiations, By Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive, 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
Stealth Fighter Security 'May Have Been Compromised' (Updated), By Noah Shachtman, Wired News, May 1, 2008
Pentagon Didn't Safeguard Tech At BAE Facilities - Govt Report, , Dow Jones International News, May 1, 2008
Fighter jet program may have compromised secret technology, By Joelle Tessler , Associated Press, May 1, 2008
Pentagon inspector faults U.S. oversight of BAE, By Jim Wolf, Reuters, 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
