Posted in Internet, Litigation, Open Government, Trade on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Journalist and blogger Ed Brayton (left) was a little curious after the U.S. government struck a deal with the European Union and other countries that compensates them in exchange for the U.S. passing online gambling laws that interfere with international trade as governed by the World Trade Organization. Brayton, who also happens to be an [...]
Posted in Free Speech, Internet, Litigation, Open Government on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
According to Oregon, the law is the exclusive property of the state. When Justia.com, a website devoted to making the law available for free online, tried to post copies of the Oregon Revised Statutes, it received a cease-and-desist letter from the state’s Legislative Counsel Committee threatening a lawsuit for copyright infringement.
There is nothing preventing [...]
Posted in Congress, Open Government on March 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
An open and accountable government is a cornerstone of our democracy. As Americans, it is our right and our duty to know how government operates; transparency is one of the great checks we have against corruption and tyranny. Yet, during the past seven years, President Bush has gone to extremes to keep the workings [...]
Posted in Congress, Open Government on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
From Angela Canterbury @ the Watchdog Blog: What does it mean to have an open government? As a catch phrase, it is appealing, like apple pie. It seems especially American and downright fundamental: “a government by and for the people.” It suggests that we are in power, and that through transparency we [...]
Posted in Open Government on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
This entry is cross-posted at BushSecrecy.org.
Despite its promises, the Republican National Committee (RNC) no longer will try to restore missing e-mails sent by White House officials on RNC accounts, according to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, during a Feb. 26 hearing.
White House officials – including former presidential [...]
Posted in Environment, Health, Open Government on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
From BushSecrecy.Org: Same story, different cast: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is blocking the release of a report that studies environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states. The study, originally set for release last July, warns that more than nine million people living in more than two dozen “areas of concern” – including [...]
Posted in Congress, Open Government on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
From Daniel De Bonis @ Watchdog Blog: Some presidents just have more to hide than others. We have been working to expose the secrets of the current administration, but now another senator is standing in the way. Senator Jeff Sessions is the latest to block a bill that would return the presidential records to [...]
Posted in Litigation, Open Government on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Three’s a charm, unless you’re the Internal Revenue Service, that is. The agency is flouting three court orders requiring it to provide a nationally recognized researcher with statistical data on how the agency enforces the nation’s tax laws.
Public Citizen, along with the Seattle, Wash. law firm Davis Wright Tremaine is filing a lawsuit on behalf [...]
Posted in Free Speech, Internet, Litigation, Open Government, tagged first amendment, Free Speech, Internet on February 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »
When Seneca Technologies President Will White won his public records lawsuit against the state of West Virginia, he did what any Web entrepreneur would do with his newly-acquired bevy of local tax maps — he posted the information on his website. That didn’t sit well with Kanawha County Tax Assessor Phyllis Gatson, who is asking [...]
Posted in Congress, Open Government on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
From Angela Canterbury @ Watchdog Blog: Bush recently told Israeli reporters: “I’ll be dead before the true history of the Bush administration is written.”Over his dead body? Perhaps he meant that his “good works” would be told later, but as long as we let him keep his iron grip on presidential records, it could [...]
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