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Government Secrecy Letters


POGO Joins Comments in Support of Public Access to Consumer Complaints Database
January 30, 2012


POGO and Allies Call for Unredacted Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Report
January 24, 2012


POGO and Allies Call on Pentagon to Serve Public Interest, Not Secrecy
January 24, 2012


POGO Joins Other Watchdogs in Calling on the Super Committee to Release its Secrets
December 5, 2011


Support Letter for NDAA Leahy Amendment to Fix FOIA Exemption
November 17, 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


POGO Joins Groups Urging Deficit Reduction Super Committee to Disclose Lobbying Contacts
September 15, 2011


POGO and Partners Call for a Presidential Advisory Committee on Open Government
September 8, 2011


Records management in an electronic environment
August 30, 2011


POGO and Partners Ask for More Openness on Open Government Partnership Plan
August 16, 2011


POGO and Partners Urge Senate to Fix the DoD Secrecy Provision
August 15, 2011


POGO and Partners Say Super Committee Must Be Open
August 8, 2011


POGO and Partners Urge Leadership to Restore Faster FOIA to Boehner
July 28, 2011


POGO Joins Groups in Supporting the DATA Act
June 21, 2011


Groups Urge Congess to Save Open Gov Websites
June 13, 2011


POGO and Partners Urge the House to Vote No on Amash Amendment to FOIA at DHS
June 2, 2011


POGO Joins Groups in Supporting Transparency in Government Contracting E.O. Contractor Accountability?
May 4, 2011


POGO Joins Other groups in Asking Congress to Make CRS Reports Public and Online
April 5, 2011


Open Letter: Congress Must Protect Transparency Programs in Budget Negotiations
April 4, 2011


POGO Joins Letter Calling For Reopening of the NARA Investigation into the CIA Destruction of Federal Records
December 22, 2010


POGO Joins Letter Voicing Concern About Public Access to Critical Information in Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010
October 20, 2010


Groups Call on Congress to Remove SEC Secrecy Measure
August 3, 2010


POGO Joins Coalition Supporting The Faster FOIA Act
March 17, 2010


POGO Joins Coalition Support For Public Information Being Available Online, Calls for Hearings on the Public Online Information Act
March 16, 2010


POGO Joins Letter Calling on Congress to Investigate Whether Federal Records Act Needs Strengthening
March 10, 2010


POGO joins letter to Committee on Homeland Security on over-classification
February 23, 2010


POGO joins sign-on letter encouraging the Administration to improve its open government efforts
February 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 panel
November 3, 2009


Public Comment on Declassification on OSTP Blog
July 19, 2009


POGO joins coaliton calling for Senators to allow public access of CRS reports
May 14, 2009


POGO joins sign on letter to White House calling for restoration of OA FOIA
May 14, 2009


POGO and others urge passage of H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act
July 9, 2008


POGO and other groups urge National Archives to preserve website records of the federal government
April 29, 2008


POGO and others urge White House to allow public input on secrecy rules for Controlled Unclassified Information
April 11, 2008


POGO and other organizations urge Senate to pass legislation to improve Freedom of Information Act
August 3, 2007


POGO urges Congressional Appropriators to reign in the Department of Homeland Security’s “Sensitive Security Information” (SSI) secrecy category
October 12, 2006


Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
August 31, 2005


Letter Urging Funding for Public Interest Declassification Board
April 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 information
February 10, 2005


DHS Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
January 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 3550
July 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 2003
July 8, 2004


Sample Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Letter
April 28, 2004