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Major News Organizations Protest Secy. of State Ditching Press
The Poynter Institute reports that bureau chiefs from major news organizations sent a letter to the State Department protesting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s decision to travel to Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo without any traveling press. Bureau chiefs ‘deeply concerned’ that Rex Tillerson is ditching the press on Asia trip, by Benjamin Mullin Poynter (March […]
Fears Raised About Access to Government Data
McClatchy News Service outlines the things that the Trump administration has done that have alarmed groups with a stake in public access to information including historians, librarians, journalists, climate scientists, internet activists. Trump’s actions raise fears about access to government data, By Stuart Leavenworth and Adam Ashton, Spokane, WA Spokesman-Review [McClatchy] (Mar. 8, 2017). Wondering […]
Many Federal Websites Fail to Meet Basic Standards for Speed and Security
A new report by The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) says that ninety-two percent of federal government websites studied fail to meet at least one basic standard for security, speed, mobile friendliness, or accessibility. Benchmarking U.S. Government Websites by Alan McQuinn and Dainel Castro The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (March 2017). (summary) (press […]
Senators Express Concerns Over Trump Admin. Records Compliance
Gary Price at InfoDocket reports that Senators Claire McCaskill and Tom Carper from the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs sent a letter to David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, "regarding concerns over compliance by President Donald Trump’s Administration with the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act." […]
Trump Officials Refuse to Give Their Names to Reporters
In a break with standard practice, Trump administration officials participating in a conference call with reporters did not give their names even though journalists had agreed to identify them only as unnamed officials. Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Excludes Iraqis, by Glenn Thrush, New York Times (March 6, 2017). In a conference call with reporters on […]
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