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Groups urge modification to public disclosure provisions

Over twenty groups signed a letter to key House members to urge modification of the public disclosure provisions of HR 5533, which would establish a new Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority within the Department of Health and Human Services. The letter was organized by Alan Pearson, Director, Biological and Chemical Weapons Control Program Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

  • 09/25/2006

OpenTheGovernment.org In The News- 2005 Archive

  • 09/15/2006

Correct misuse of Sensitive Security Information control marking

On September 14, 2006, OpenTheGovernment.org sent a letter to Senate and House Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Conferees on behalf of twenty-eight signatories. The letter asked conferees to help correct the misuse of the Sensitive Security Information (SSI) control marking by adopting Section 525 of the House version of H.R. 5441.

 

  • 09/13/2006

Secrecy Report Card 2006

The Secrecy Report Card 2006 documents a further expansion of government secrecy in 2005 despite growing public concern. See the press release here.

  • 09/02/2006

Secrecy Report Card 2006: Report Finds Federal Government Still More Secretive

Contact: Emily Feldman or Patrice McDermott, 202-332-6736
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Government secrecy saw further expansion last year despite growing public concern, according to a report released today by a coalition of open government advocates. The Secrecy Report Card, produced annually by OpenTheGovernment.org in order to identify trends in public access to information, found a troubling lack of transparency in military procurement, new private inventions, and the scientific and technical advice that the government receives, among other areas.

  • 08/30/2006

Policy and News Updates for July 28, 2006

 

 

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  • 07/28/2006

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