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Rep. Issa Challenges SEC on FOIA ExemptionsAugust 9, 2010
POGO Supports Senate Bill to Repeal SEC's Blanket FOIA ExemptionsAugust 5, 2010
Setting the Standard for Government Transparency: the Openness FloorJuly 27, 2010
Agencies Demonstrate Progress with Revisions to Open Government PlansJuly 20, 2010
Release from OpenTheGovernment.org, POGO, and other Partners: Most Agencies Improve Open Government Plans Before DeadlineJune 28, 2010
A Win for Transparency in Financial ReformJune 18, 2010
Groups Urge Lawmakers to Ensure Public Access to Whistleblower Disclosures on Financial FraudMay 11, 2010
Audit Reveals Wide Variation in Agency Plans to Make Government More OpenMay 3, 2010
Thirteen Best Practices for Open Government WebpagesFebruary 17, 2010
Making Sure Advisory Committees Don't Go To WasteJanuary 22, 2010
The Magna Carta for Transparency? POGO explores the White House Open Government Directive memoDecember 8, 2009
POGO Applauds New DOJ State Secrets Policy: Open Government Breakthrough Ensures Greater AccountabilitySeptember 23, 2009
POGO Applauds White House Ethics Waiver DecisionSeptember 4, 2009
POGO Updates FOIA Resources PageAugust 26, 2009
Obama's Pick for Director of National Intelligence Has Conflicted PastJanuary 8, 2009
POGO Calls for Greater Transparency in Financial Industry Bailout PlanSeptember 23, 2008
POGO and Others Call for Improvements in Federal Electronic Record-KeepingJuly 9, 2008
Court Orders IRS to Comply with 30-Year-Old FOIA RequestJune 17, 2008
Obama for...TransparencyJune 4, 2008
Less Alphabet Soup, Maybe, but Less TransparencyMay 12, 2008
When Public Information Goes PrivateMay 1, 2008
Organizations Across The Political Spectrum Ask House And Senate Leaders To Post Committee Votes OnlineApril 15, 2008
Congress Needs to Learn a Little Openness ItselfMarch 13, 2008
Watchdog Groups Urge Senators to Oppose Budget SecrecyNovember 15, 2007
List of resources related to the policies and use of the Transportation Security Administration’s dubious Sensitive Security Information secrecy categorySeptember 11, 2006
POGO Calls for TSA to Open Up Pre-9/11 Security Information: Agency Needs to Open Information that Has Been Mislabeled as "Sensitive"September 11, 2006
POGO Calls on Congress to Stop the Department of Homeland Security from Mislabeling Average Information as "Sensitive"July 7, 2006
Defense Inspector General Originally Hid Boeing Role in Scandal Report: White House and Congress’ Roles in Tanker Lease Deal Still UnclearMay 25, 2006
Project On Government Oversight Hails Introduction of Davis-Waxman Legislation; Calls the "Executive Branch Reform Act of 2006" a Landmark StepApril 6, 2006
Project on Government Oversight Hails Introduction of Davis-Waxman LegislationApril 6, 2006
POGO Urges Supreme Court to Consider State Secrets Case: POGO joined other organizations in urging the Supreme Court to examine whether the State Secrets Privilege is constitutionalOctober 10, 2005
Groups Urge Funding for Secrecy Oversight BoardMay 3, 2005
Government Fails to Protect Employees Who Blow the Whistle on National and Homeland Security WeaknessesApril 26, 2005
POGO and Public Citizen Urge Court to Open Hearing on Sibel Edmonds CaseApril 20, 2005
Statement by POGO's Danielle Brian for Briefing on Growing Government Secrecy & the Sibel Edmonds CaseApril 20, 2005
Sunshine Week - Open Government Experts AvailableMarch 14, 2005
POGO vs. Ashcroft: Lawsuit over retroactive classification of FBI whistleblowers allegations; compendium of court documentsMarch 1, 2005
Justice Department Caves In: Allows Publication of Retroactively Classified Information; Lawsuit Challenged Classification of Public InformationFebruary 22, 2005
Homeland Security Secrecy Policy Still Overreaching; Statement of Scott Amey, General Counsel of POGOJanuary 12, 2005
'Report Card' Finds 60% Rise in Secrecy at a Rising Cost of $6.5 Billion Last YearAugust 26, 2004
Attorney General's Reclassification of Information Critical of FBI is Illegal; Project On Government Oversight Has Right to Inform Public of Problems at FBI, Lawsuit SaysJune 23, 2004
LEAKED DOCUMENT: Retroactive Classification of Sibel Edmonds Congressional BriefingsJune 4, 2004
President Bush Renews Environmental Exemption for Area 51September 17, 2003
Public Access to Congressional Research Service ProductsFebruary 10, 2003
Senate Sunshine Law Introduced Will Make Government Info Available on the InternetFebruary 15, 2001
Organizations Signing the Veto of U.S. "Official Secrets Act"January 25, 2001
Petition for Veto of U.S. "Official Secrets Act"January 25, 2001