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Obama administration urges bypassing Freedom of Information Act to contact agencies directly

donal brown November 16, 2010

Obama administration officials are saying that obtaining government documents through the FOIA is necessarily a lengthy process and contacting government officials directly would yield better results. -db NextGov November 15, 2010 By Aliya Sternstein The White House’s open government leader said Americans should not bother filing requests for government documents under the Freedom of Information Act and instead should contact open government officials at agencies who can post or e-mail the materials faster. Beth Noveck,

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Federal FOIA: Report by watchdog shows transparency in Obama administration blocked

donal brown October 5, 2010

In surveying hundreds of Freedom of Information Act  employees in federal agencies, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) found the public and the employees still thwarted from getting information requested under the FOIA. -db CREW September 30, 2010 By crewstaff The mid-way point of the Obama administration seemed like a good time to assess how well its transparency agenda is doing and, in particular, whether agencies have improved their administration of the Freedom

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Watchdog group accuses VA of destroying documents on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among soldiers

donal brown March 1, 2010

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a Freedom of Information Act request in May of 2008 for records regarding PTSC among soldiers but has not received the relevant e-mails and records and now fear that the VA destroyed the documents. -db AllGov February 28, 2010 By Noel Brinkerhoff After learning that the Department of Veterans Affairs was under-diagnosing cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among soldiers, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility

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Under Obama federal agencies still fighting record requests

donal brown January 28, 2010

The Washington Post reports that federal agencies are still balking at releasing records to the public, claiming that it would interfere with internal decision-making or compromise national security. In Obama’s first year, the number of Freedom of  Information Act lawsuits filed exceeds the number filed in each of Bush’s last two years. -DB The Washington Post January 27, 2010 By Carol D. Leonnig More than 300 individuals and groups have sued the government to get

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Watchdog group seeks access to long sought White House visitor logs

donal brown December 11, 2009

Judicial Watch is suing the Secret Service for access to unreleased visitor legs requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The government cited national security concerns for some of the logs. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press December 10, 2009 By Miranda Fleschert Mere weeks after the White House began publishing select visitor logs online, the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch has sued the U.S. Secret Service for access to still-unreleased visitor logs

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