Reducing Secrecy

12 Days of Open Government Resolutions - Day 10: Protect Whistleblowers

Each post in the series of posts we plan to publish between now and December 25 focuses on a resolution the Obama Administration realistically can use to make the federal government more open and accountable in the coming year. See below for links to previous resolutions.

Open Government Resolution 10 for the Obama Administration - Protect people who blow the whistle on waste, fraud, abuse and illegality in the federal government

12 Days of Open Government Resolutions - Day 8: White House-Led Classification Reform Steering Committee

Each post in the series of posts we plan to publish between now and December 25 focuses on a resolution the Obama Administration realistically can use to make the federal government more open and accountable in the coming year. See below for links to previous resolutions.

Open Government Resolution 8 for the Obama Administration - Set up the White House-led classification Steering Committee recommended in the PIDB report

New Whistleblower Protections: The Impact on Open Government

The OpenTheGovernment.org coalition is proud to include many champions for whistleblowers, including the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), the Government Accountability Project (GAP), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Over the past few months, our partners pushed through two important measures to strengthen whistleblower protections.

Time to Take Advantage of the PIDB's Potential

Among various important issues the 112^th Congress will need to address before adjourning, is the reauthorization of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), an advisory committee established by Congress in order to promote the fullest possible public access to a thorough, accurate, and reliable documentary record of significant U.S. national security decisions and activities, that is set to sunset at the end of 2012.