“In Order That They Might Rest Their Arguments on Facts”
Because the Trump Administration has questioned the accuracy of federal statistics such as the unemployment rate and because of reports that it will propose substantial cuts to government statistical agencies, the Hamilton Project and The American Enterprise Institute have released a new report about the vital importance of data collected by the federal government. "In […]
Three out of Five Federal Agencies Flout New FOIA Law
The National Security Archive at George Washington University reports that only 38 of 99 federal government agencies have updated their FOIA Regulations as required by law. Three out of Five Federal Agencies Flout New FOIA Law Audit compiled and written by Lauren Harper, Nate Jones, and Tom Blanton National Security Archive (March 11, 2017). The […]
Ethics Waivers Missing from White House Website
A White House web page that says it will report appointees who have been granted waivers to an Ethics Pledge has no posting as of March 10. A January 28 executive order, “Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees” requires full-time political appointees to sign an Ethics Pledge that is similar to President Obama’s Executive Order […]
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 […]
Broadband Privacy Rules Under Attack
InfoWorld reports on the measures that the FCC under Ajit Pai and Republicans in Congress are taking to "to ensure nothing stands in the way of ISPs profiting off your personal data." All hope of broadband privacy bites the dust, by Caroline Craig, InfoWorld (Mar 10, 2017). Pai and Ohlhausen said they favored having privacy […]