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Your right to COVID-19 outbreak data

[…] matter of law, notwhim or unsubstantiated hunch." Read our full letter to the California Supreme Court. And find more about the case here. Thank you, as always, for your interest in our work. David Snyder Executive Director P.S. Did you hear? We launched our first-ever $1million campaign—theFAC for Allcampaign. We’realready 80% of the way […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 2, 2021
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Woodward’s “leaked” Aghanistan report was declassified. How could that happen without Obama’s OK?

[…] about who leaked the report to Woodward, and why. By Tuesday the ascendant theory was that the report was leaked by Pentagon insiders who support McChrystal's call for additional troops and are annoyed at the White House for seeming to delay action on the General's recommendation. Could be. But what caught my eye was […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 23, 2009
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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.

For years government officials in California have known that their emails about official business are subject to disclosure as public records. Although mayors, city managers, supervisors and superintendents may not like this, the applicability of the public records law to email messages is settled. You will not be shocked to learn, however, that […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 6, 2014
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Unplug Wikileaks? Enact a Federal Shield Law Instead

BY PETER SCHEER----The Obama administration has made no secret of its desire to unplug wikileaks, the whistleblower website infamous for data dumps of classified records. Of the few options available to the government, the best is one that probably hasn't been considered in this context: enacting a federal Shield Law. How would a Shield […]
- Press Freedom
November 16, 2010
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Unanimous Supreme Court OKs duplicative FOIA suit

The Supreme Court ruled today in a federal FOIA case that a person contesting an agency's denial of a record request may file his own suit for disclosure, even though he seeks the very same records that the agency denied in a prior case in which the agency prevailed in court. The case is […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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Transcript: Protest & Pushback

[…] Fueled by rights afforded by the First Amendment, the country experienced an historic uprising not seen since the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. The reignited movement for Black lives led to concrete changes in policies and politics. And, it changed the conversation about racial justice, and possibly the country, forever. A new generation […]
- Free Expression
December 6, 2021
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To take the sleaze out of judicial elections, ethics rules should bar lawyers who contribute money to judges from practicing before those judges

[…] the CEO of a corporation, a party to a West Virginia Supreme Court appeal, who made contributions and expenditures totaling $3 million in support of a candidate for a Supreme Court judgeship who, following his election, voted with the court majority in favor of the CEO's company. The US Supreme Court is considering whether […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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The SEC should go forward with a rule requiring corporations to publicly disclose their campaign contributions.

[…] (by liberals) and credited (by conservatives) with unleashing anonymous political contributions by corporations? Republicans embraced the decision, which, while permitting independent corporate spending, also emphasized the need for disclosure as a check on corporate influence. Now, however, conservatives support only one-half of the Citizens United ruling: their commitment to the principle of disclosure, it […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 14, 2013
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The Press Goes Full Donner Party

[…] As shocking as this finding is to anyone with even a glancing exposure to how journalism works—and specifically how making up facts is a career-ending, mortal sin for any reporter—it’s right in line with similar recent findings, and with the tenor of our times. President Donald Trump continues to actively promote his false […]
- Press Freedom
August 8, 2018
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Texas open meeting law supported by FAC amicus stands

[…] ended, Avinash Rangra remained an active plaintiff in the case. In dismissing the case, 16 judges held Rangra lacked the proper standing to sue, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) reported today. Earlier this week, FAC filed our own amicus brief written by Rex Heinke and Teresa Wang of the LA […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 11, 2009