Sunlight Foundation lists agencies told not to communicate with the public
The Sunlight Foundation says, “We adamantly oppose measures that limit disclosing documents and data to the public, particularly the publication of scientific papers, research and analysis, or public access to government scientists or technologists that can explain the findings” and provides a list of “reported formal actions to limit public communication at federal agencies.” Reports […]
National Park Service employees react to censorship
After this week’s shutdown by the Trump administration of publications and “outward facing” documents at executive agencies, government employees are taking action. Scientific American reports that anonymous employees of the National Park Service have created the AltUSNatlParkService Twitter account announcing their intent: “Mr. Trump, you may have taken us down officially. But with the scientific […]
Troubling freeze on science by Trump administration
The news out of Washington DC is not good if you’re a government information librarian or an open government advocate. In the last 24 hours, the Trump administration has put a freeze on EPA grants and contracts and ordered USDA science researchers to “cease publication of ‘outward facing’ documents and news releases.” Not only does […]
Review of 2016 in anticipation of 2017
It is January and time once again to review what last year brought to libraries and the FDLP and where we should put our energies in the coming year. 2016 In 2016 GPO issued a series of policies that express its intentions to enhance both access to and preservation of government information. While we applaud […]
Panel on End-of-term crawl and the collection of vulnerable government information
January 23, 2017 / 4 Comments on Panel on End-of-term crawl and the collection of vulnerable government information
I was honored last week to be part of a panel hosted by OpenTheGovernment and the Bauman Foundation to talk about the End of Term project. Other presenters included Jess Kutch at Coworker.org and Micah Altman, Director of Research at MIT Libraries. I talked about what EOT is doing, as well as some of the […]
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