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Aftergood discontinues SecrecyNews. Thanks for the decades of work toward government transparency!

Happy 2022! We were on a brief hiatus here at FGI but are back in the saddle and looking to return to active blogger status in 2022. We’re always looking for others to help us track on government information and libraries, so contact me if you’d like to try your hand at posting (freegovinfo AT […]

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Could DoD IG Reports be made “private” due to Trump’s off-hand remark?

Steven Aftergood over at Federation of American Scientists’ Secrecy News project writes today that President Trump recently commented off-handedly that reports from the Department of Defense’ Inspector General should be private and not publicly accessible. It’s unclear if this off-the-cuff comment will lead to less public access to these important reports, but Aftergood notes that […]

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Senators appeal to Obama to save the Senate Torture Report

UPDATE: Senate torture report to be kept from public for 12 years after Obama decision by Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian (12 December 2016). President Obama has agreed to preserve the report, but his decision ensures that the document remains out of public view for at least 12 years and probably longer. Obama’s decision prevents Republican […]

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Secret GAO Reports

Steven Aftergood says that “The Government Accountability Office this week quietly published a list of titles of its restricted reports that have not been publicly released because they contain classified information or controlled unclassified information.” GAO Posts Titles of Restricted Reports by Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists, Secrecy News (Oct.16, 2015). There are several […]

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Latest FOIA News

via LIS-GISIG/gov-info.tumblr.com CRS: CRS: Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side Analysis CRS: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Background, Legislation, and Policy Issues CBO Gov Doc: H.R. 653, FOIA Act “H.R. 653 would amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FOIA generally allows any person to obtain records […]

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