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2008 Secrecy Report Card Coverage

In The News

AUDIO: 2008 Secrecy Report Card
[Air America's Ring of Fire, 9.27.08]

EDITORIAL: A closed government opens door to abuse
[Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA), 9.21.08]

EDITORIAL: Other views: Accountable government
[The Joplin Globe (MO), 9.21.08]

The Most Secretive Govt Ever?
[Inter Press Service, 9.15.08]

EDITORIAL: Rampant secrecy persists in federal government
[The Des Moines Register, 9.15.08]

EDITORIAL: Monday editorial: Government secrecy on the rise
[Kansas City Star, 9.15.08]

EDITORIAL: Beware government secrecy
[The Day (New London, CT), 9.13.08]

"That's Classified": Shining a Light on Washington's Growing Reliance on Secrecy
[US News and World Report, 9.11.08]

EDITORIAL:Open government must be preserved
[The Republican (Springfield, MA), 9.11.08]

EDITORIAL:Curtailing open government: Statistical evidence points to culture of secrecy under the Bush administration
[Las Vegas Sun, 9.11.08]

US government secrecy continues to rise: annual report
[Jurist, 9.10.08]

Government Secrecy Grew in FY 2007, Says Report by Transparency Advocates
[BNA Daily Report for Executives, 9.10.08; subscription req'd]

REPORT CARD SHOWS NO SLACKENING OF SECRECY TREND
[SEJ Tipsheet, 9.10.08]

AUDIO:Keeping Secrets
[Federal News Radio, 9.10.08]

Report: Competition down, secrecy up
[Federal Computer Week, 9.9.08]

Federal Government Keeping More Secrets These Days
[The Watcher (OMB Watch), 9.9.08]

Government's Secrecy Grade: Unsatisfactory
[KYPost.com, 9.9.08]

Groups warn of growing government secrecy
[AP, 9.9.08]
story appeared in over 70 news outlets, including the Washington Post, Washington Times, Politico, International Herald Tribune, Philadelphia Enquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Seattle Times, Denver Post, Forbes, and Government Executive

On the Blogs

OpenTheGovernment.org Releases Annual Secrecy Report
[Project on Government Oversight (POGO), 9.18.08]

EDITORIAL:What you don't know...
[NewsDay.com, 9.12.08]

COMMENTARY:Lipstick on the Constitution?
[The Huffington Post, 9.11.08]

2008 Indicators of Government Secrecy Report
[Homeland Security Digital Library, 9.10.08]

A Secrecy Report Card
[Secrecy News, 9.10.08]

OpenTheGovernment.Org Issues 2008 "Secrecy Report Card"
[National Coalition for History, 9.10.08]

2008 Secrecy Report Card
[All Things Reform, 9.10.08]

Government Flunks Secrecy Test
[Center for Media and Democracy, 9.10.08]

Report indicates government secrecy is on the rise
[The FOI Advocate, 9.9.08; see also Coverage of 2008 Secrecy Report Card continues]

'Report Card' Shows Mixed Grades on Secrecy
[Sunshine Week Blog, 9.9.08]

OpenTheGovernment.org has published the 2008 Secrecy Report Card
[beSpacific, 9.9.08]

Secrecy Report Card 2008: Secrecy continues to increase
[FOI FYI, 9.9.08]

Secrecy Report Card 2008
[Sunlight Foundation, 9.9.08]

Government secrecy on the rise
[Think Progress, 9.9.08]