Sunshine Week: Some of the latest news
- SPLC open records audit examines suicide expulsion policies
- White House memo of March 16, 2010, encourages agencies to ensure full implementation of the President’s Memorandum on FOIA
- Leahy, Cornyn Commemorate Sunshine Week With Faster FOIA Act Introduction
- Public Online Information Act to be introduced by Steve Israel (D-N.Y)
- Sunshine and Shadows:The Clear Obama Message for Freedom of Information Meets Mixed Results (National Security Archive FOIA Audit)
- AP analysis of Obama FOIA record at a glance
- Introducing the Cycle of Transparency
- Budget cuts, furloughs blamed for denial or delay of official information in Calif.
AHCJ resources
- AHCJ calls on new administration to improve access to federal experts
- Major journalism groups demand agency end newsgathering constraints
- AHCJ objects to federal agencies’ handling of story embargo
- AHCJ calls for better information from hospital accreditation Web site
- Health journalists cite uneven disclosure of H1N1 deaths across country
- AHCJ’s right-to-know resources
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