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Blog
August 15, 2014

Feedback from recent column, “Snowden Go Home”
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog Cases
July 11, 2014

New “drone memo” to be released to FAC . . . and other developments in FAC’s legal cases
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog Cases
April 15, 2014

Federal Judge rules in FAC case: US can keep secret a legal memo on drone strikes targeting US citizen
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog
March 24, 2014

Government officials should listen to voters instead of lawyers selling strategies for blocking access to information
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog
February 6, 2014

When mayors evade disclosure rules by using personal email accounts for city business, it is democracy that suffers. We’ll know soon if the courts, like the public, have lost patience.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog Cases
December 20, 2013

Score one big victory for access to government data
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog Cases
December 5, 2013

In settlement with FAC, LA County Jail releases inmate visitor log, agrees to relax secrecy rule
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog
November 25, 2013

NSA may have adhered to legal rules, but legal rules can’t keep up with changes in surveillance technology
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
Blog
November 1, 2013

Judge orders release of SF Ethics Comm’n docs, despite claim of attorney privilege
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records