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Press Room :  Policy and News Updates :  2010 Policy and News Updates : 

2010 Policy and News Updates



Policy and News Updates for August 31, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Annual Secrecy Report Card Coming Soon
II. National Archives and Records Administration Records Management Update
III. New Resources and Information Available on OGIS Website

Policy and News Updates for August 17, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. OpenTheGovernment.org, Partners, Address New SEC FOIA Exemptions
II. OpenTheGovernment.org and Partners Applaud White House Ethics and Government Reform Adviser
III. Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Introduced in the House

Policy and News Updates for August 3, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. DOJ Releases Chief FOIA Report Summary and Guidance
II. House Subcommittee Explores Federal Record Keeping in the Web 2.0 Environment
III. Senate Committee Passes Earmark Transparency Act

Policy and News Updates for July 20, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Updated Open Government Plan Evaluations Released
II. Archives Launches "Our Archives," Announces Federal Register 2.0

Policy and News Updates for July 6, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Most Agencies Improve Open Government Plans Before Deadline
II. Annual Report on Classification Costs Released
III. OpenTheGovernment.org Submits Comments Supporting Open Rule Making at DOJ

Policy and News Updates for June 22, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Status of Federal Electronic Records Management
II. National Declassification Center News

Policy and News Updates for June 1, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. OpenTheGovernment.org Organizes Support for Public Access to Oil Leak Monitoring Data
II. Open Forum on National Declassification Center's Prioritization Plan Set for June 23
III. OpenTheGovernment.org Takes the FCW Challenge

Policy and News Updates for May 18, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Senate Passes Faster FOIA Act
II. OpenTheGovernment.org Organizes Support for Leahy Amendment to Improve Financial Regulatory Transparency
III. OpenTheGovernment.org Launches "Evaluating Open Gov" Blog
IV. May 24: Open Gov Community Summit at Treasury

Policy and News Updates for May 6, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. OpenTheGovernment.org Works with Partners to Audit Open Government Plans, Releases Results
II. OpenTheGovernment.org, Coalition Partners, Participate in Inaugural Transparency Caucus Event
III.OpenTheGovernment.org, Partners and Others, Thank Secretary Gates for Declassifying Nuclear Info

Policy and News Updates for April 20, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Annual Report on State of Classification and Declassification Released
II. Senate Committee Passes Faster FOIA
III.OpenTheGovernment.org, Partners, Urge Intelligence Committees to Drop FOIA Exemption

Policy and News Updates for April 6, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Open Government Plans Due Tomorrow, OpenTheGovernment.org Launches Audit Project
II. Congressional Transparency Caucus Up and Running

Policy and News Updates for March 23, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Coalition Partners Welcome Bills to Increase Openness
II. Special Thanks to the Sunshine Week 2010 Sponsors
III. Sunshine Week Round-up

Policy and News Updates for March 9, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. RSVP or Log-on for March 19th Sunshine Week 2010 Webcast
II. OpenTheGovernment.org Organizing Call for Hearings on Unlawful Destruction of DOJ Emails, Strengthening the FRA
III. AOpenTheGovernment.org, Coalition Partners, Support Over-classification Measure
IV. Another OGD Milestone Passes

Policy and News Updates for February 23, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. OpenTheGovernment.org, Coalition Partners, React to High Value Datasets on Data.gov
II. White House Judges Open Government Progress
III. Agencies Want to Hear Your Open Government Ideas

Policy and News Updates for January 26, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. First OGD Milestone Passed
II. OpenTheGovernment.org Joins Effort to Protect Healthcare Whistleblowers

Policy and News Updates for January 12, 2010
News from Coalition Partners & Others
I. Executive Order on Classified National Security Information Released
II. CUI Task Force Recommendations Released
III. Save the Date: OpenTheGovernment's Sunshine Week Event on March 19