Tampa Bay Times by Alex Leary July 17, 2017 A watchdog group says it has secured access to visitor logs for Mar-a-Lago and will release them by early September. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington brought legal action along with the National Security Archive and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University against […]
Bipartisan FOIA bill aims to improve government transparency – The Washington Post
Two senators this week proposed bipartisan legislation that would help ensure greater access to government records, adding further momentum to recent efforts to update Freedom of Information Act regulations. The legislation, sponsored by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), would restrict one of the most commonly used and contentious exemptions to the law and mandate a “presumption of openness” for agencies […]
