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POGO Joins Coalition Supporting The Faster FOIA ActMarch 17, 2010
POGO Joins Coalition Support For Public Information Being Available Online, Calls for Hearings on the Public Online Information ActMarch 16, 2010
POGO Joins Letter Calling on Congress to Investigate Whether Federal Records Act Needs StrengtheningMarch 10, 2010
POGO joins letter to Committee on Homeland Security on over-classificationFebruary 23, 2010
POGO joins sign-on letter encouraging the Administration to improve its open government effortsFebruary 3, 2010
POGO Joins An Open Letter to the United States House of Representatives: Support the Health Care Transparency Resolution!January 20, 2010
POGO joins coalition letter calling for transparency of health care advisory panelNovember 3, 2009
Public Comment on Declassification on OSTP BlogJuly 19, 2009
POGO joins sign on letter to White House calling for restoration of OA FOIAMay 14, 2009
POGO joins coaliton calling for Senators to allow public access of CRS reportsMay 14, 2009
POGO and others urge passage of H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation ActJuly 9, 2008
POGO and other groups urge National Archives to preserve website records of the federal governmentApril 29, 2008
POGO and others urge White House to allow public input on secrecy rules for Controlled Unclassified InformationApril 11, 2008
POGO and other organizations urge Senate to pass legislation to improve Freedom of Information ActAugust 3, 2007
POGO urges Congressional Appropriators to reign in the Department of Homeland Security’s “Sensitive Security Information” (SSI) secrecy categoryOctober 12, 2006
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able InformationAugust 31, 2005
Letter Urging Funding for Public Interest Declassification BoardApril 29, 2005
POGO's public comment opposing the NRC's expansion of controls for unclassified "Safeguards Information" (SGI)March 28, 2005
POGO supports the "OPEN Government Act of 2005," a bi-partisan bill co-sponsored by Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) & Sen. Leahy (D-VT) to strengthen FOIA and public access to government informationFebruary 10, 2005
DHS Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able InformationJanuary 25, 2005
Letter to David Drabkin, GSA' Deputy Assoc. Administrator -- Office of Acquisition Policy, requesting transparency and access to federal contract data, which is now controlled by a private contractor, Global Computer Enterprises, Inc. August 9, 2004
Coalition Letter to Members of Congress regarding the Transportation Secrecy Provision in HR 3550July 26, 2004
Coalition Letter to Senators Campbell and Inouye, Committee On Indian Affairs, regarding FOIA exemptions in S. 297, the Federal Acknowledgment Process Reform Act of 2003July 8, 2004
Sample Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request LetterApril 28, 2004