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Opinion: Electronic Frontier Foundation finds political bias in processing of FOIA requests

donal brown March 31, 2011

The House Oversight Committee is investigating Freedom of Information Act requests processed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF)  complained last October that the department was targeting certain requesters which included journalists and activist groups for extra layers of review. EFF also says that the DHS not only failed to produce records on a timely basis but also withheld documents. -db From a commentary from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, March

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Sunlight Foundation resists effort to cut transparency budget

FAC March 29, 2011

The Sunlight Foundation is fighting moves to reduce the budget for federal transparency programs to $2 million from $34 million. The cutback, contained in the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, has passed in the House of Representatives and awaits action in the U.S. Senate. Among other things, the funding underwrites Web sites that allow the public to examine and track federal spending. Examples are USASpending.gov and Data.gov. The foundation argues that the open government efforts

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CSU foundations must be more open to public, panel says

FAC March 22, 2011

More than 90 foundations and private enterprises operate on California State University campuses, but it’s unclear how much of the $1.2 billion under their control should be subject to public scrutiny, an internal audit concludes. The audit panel, consisting of four campus presidents, five finance officers, a vice president and a student, said that accounting procedures are so unclear that public and private money is commingled. What’s more, the law should be changed to bring

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Arizona newspaper sues for release of college records of man accused of shooting congresswoman

donal brown March 17, 2011

The Arizon Republican has sued Pima Community College for records pertaining to Jared Loughner accused of killing six and wounding 13 others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford. The newspaper said the information is of great importance to the public to understanding Loughner’s actions and that all records sought are public records. Over the last two months, the college has denied multiple requests for the records. -db From the Courthouse News Service, March 17, 2011. Full Story

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For these seven, open government is a way of life

FAC March 14, 2011

In recognition of Sunshine Week, the Sacramento Bee’s Marjie Lundstrom has identified seven Californians who doggedly fight for open government. Heroes or kooks, she says, they share a common quality: They don’t take no for an answer in their persistent efforts to pry open government for all to see. Their drive for accountability has prompted new law and landed some of them in legal trouble. Never deterred, they keep pressing, in several cases fighting for

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