Tuesday, July 22, 2008

30 open government advocates endorse the OPEN FOIA Act

We periodically receive newsletters from a wide variety of government reform news sources. These focus on only the major events within their respective areas of expertise. Here is a selection from an email newsletter received during the week of July 13-19:
From OpenTheGovernment.org:
http://bit.ly/15aYpB

OpenTheGovernment.org and 29 open government advocates endorse S. 2746, the OPEN FOIA Act

Twenty-nine organizations and open government advocates(including several coalition partners) joined OpenTheGovernment.org in writing to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to endorse S. 2746, the OPEN FOIA Act. The bill will give members of the public and open government advocates the tools they need to find, analyze and challenge FOIA exemptions that are tucked into inconspicuous provisions buried deep in proposed legislation.

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