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Open Government Directive

Secrecy News cites two agencies that need to get with the program on new federal transparency

donal brown December 10, 2009

The director of the Program on Government Secrecy says that key government departments are responding to the new open government directive but that two agencies stand out for blocking public access, the CIA and the Open Source Center. -DB Secrecy News Federation of American Scientists Commentary December 10, 2009 By Steven Aftergood The Obama Administration’s new open government policy has begun to elicit a response from executive branch agencies. The Department of Defense, the Department of

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While applauding federal transparency directive, online rights advocate points to pockets of secrecy

donal brown December 10, 2009

A senior counsel for the Electronic Freedom Foundation gives the White House credit for its efforts to improve transparency but says that the Obama administration has yet to respond to requests for information on crucial technology policy issues made last January and February. -DB Electronic Freedom Foundation Commentary December 8, 2009 By David L. Sobel The Obama Administration today issued its long-awaited Open Government Directive (OGD), a blueprint for transparency that the President promised on

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