We periodically receive newsletters from a wide variety of government reform news sources; the organizations focus on only the major events within their respective areas of expertise. Here is a selection from a recent email newsletter:
From Taxpayers for Common Sense
Open the Doors to Congress
[...] Just recently, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) co-sponsored a bill [S.3276] with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) that would subject another government entity, the Smithsonian Institution, to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We think it is about time.
[...] In the 1990s, court rulings held that the Smithsonian’s status as a “trust” put it outside the scope of FOIA. Considering that in fiscal year 2008 taxpayers provided the Smithsonian with $871 million, the public should be able to peek at their records and documents to better understand where our money is going. So it is high time that the “nation’s attic” be brought under the law.
[...] So while we support Sen. Grassley’s efforts to open up the Smithsonian, why stop there? There’s more work to be done to open up the people’s house and make Congress a paragon of transparency.
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