POGO and other organizations urge Senate to pass legislation to improve Freedom of Information Act
To:
- The Honorable Patrick Leahy
- 433 Russell Senate Office Building 433
- Washington, DC 20510
- The Honorable John Cornyn
- 517 Hart Senate Office Building
- Washington , DC 20510
Dear Senators,
The undersigned organizations are writing to express our gratitude to you for your commitment to strengthening the Freedom of Information Act through the OPEN Government Act (S. 849). We urge you to stand firm and sustain the provisions of the bill as introduced – particularly those on attorney fees, the news media, and time limits for agencies to act on requests – and to move this bill to the floor as soon as possible.
Thank you, again, for your commitment to strengthening the ability of the public to hold our government accountable and ensure its transparency.
Signed by:
- American Association of Law Libraries
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Library Association
- Association of American Publishers
- Association of Research Libraries
- California First Amendment Coalition
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- Essential Information
- Federation of American Scientists
- Feminists for Free Expression
- Government Accountability Project (GAP)
- Hoosier Environmental Council
- Indiana Coalition for Open Government
- Liberty Coalition
- Maine Association of Broadcasters
- Marion County Alliance of Neighborhood Associations, IN
- Mine Safety and Health News
- Minnesota Coalition on Government Information
- National Coalition Against Censorship
- National Security Archive
- New Mexico Foundation for Open Government
- Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information
- OMB Watch
- Open Society Policy Center
- OpenTheGovernment.org
- Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
- Public Citizen
- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
- Society of American Archivists
- U.S. PIRG
- Utah Foundation for Open Government
- Washington Coalition for Open Government
- cc: Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Jon Kyl
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