Social justice coalition urges mayor, police to make policing data public
Walter Chidozie Anyanwu Contributing Writer An organization has called on citizens to sign a petition asking Mayor Levar Stoney to release policing data from the […]
FOIA
New laws would help and hurt access to information
For advocates of government transparency, the General Assembly’s 2017 session was a mixed bag, resulting in bills that both increased and decreased information available under […]
Committee tables bill exempting police officers’ from FOIA
After nearly an hour of debate, a legislative panel killed a bill that would have exempted law enforcement officers’ names and training records from the […]
Obama administration is even further from transparency
In keeping with court rulings that state the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Transparency Law, a federal regulation that subjects the office to the Freedom of Information Act was removed on March 17. This will make official a policy under presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.
Sunshine Week
Every year Sunshine Week strives to promote transparency in government. Participants include media, civil liberties groups and others interested in society’s right to be informed.