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News Highlights

National Security Archive announces Rosemary Award
[Washington Post: In the Loop, March 12, 2010]

Industry sees promise in open government contests
[NextGov, March 11, 2010]

Army: FOIA Requesters Are "Not an Adversary"
[Secrecy News, March 11, 2010]

Agencies finding it hard to follow through on open government order
[Federal Times, March 10, 2010]

Higher Corporate Spending on Election Ads Could Be All but Invisible
[ProPublica, March 10, 2010]

Agencies Continue to Cling to Internal Files Even in the Face of Litigation
[Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, March 10, 2010]

No-Fly List Includes the Dead
[Wired: Threat Level, March 10, 2010]

Sunstein touts WH record on transparency, accountability
[The Hill: Hillicon Valley, March 10, 2010]

John Yoo's Email Fail
[Mother Jones, March 10, 2010]

After Christmas incident, no-fly list nearly doubled
[USA Today, March 10, 2010]

White House details how agencies should legally organize contests
[NextGov, March 9, 2010]

Gov't Wrongly Labels Some Stimulus Recipients 'Losers'
[ProPublica, March 8, 2010]

Government attempts to keep torture case secret
[The Guardian (UK), March 8, 2010]

Why the White House Won't Release a Key Cyber Paper
[The Atlantic, March 5, 2010]

Patriot Act doesn't override confidentiality in Census, Justice Department says
[Washington Post, March 5, 2010]

Editorial: Targeting Justice Department lawyers for work in terrorism cases is misdirected
[Washington Post, March 5, 2010]

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Of Interest

NEWS: Defense Department Hiring Whistleblowing and Transparency Manager for IG Office
[POGO Blog, 3.11.10]

COMMENTARY: Limiting Sunshine
[Columbia Journalism Review, 3.11.10]

COMMENTARY: Driving by the Numbers
[New York Times, 3.11.10]

COMMENTARY: 10 flaws with the data on Data.gov
[Government Computer News, 3.10.10]

NEWS: Legal issues hamper searches of intelligence databases
[CongressDaily via Government Executive, 3.10.10]

NEWS: Minister of Truth: Meet Britain's Top Data Cop
[Wired, 2.22.10]

NEWS: Navy Intel Oversight, Protecting Unclassified Info
[Secrecy News, 3.9.10]

NEWS: Dot, Dot, Dot . . .(Review of The Watchers)
[Government Executive, 3.9.10]

NEWS: Critics question whistleblower bill
[Politico, 3.9.10]

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