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News Highlights - March 8, 2016

Obama to release drone casualty report
Beware of “Big Data Hubris” When It Comes to Police Reform
File a FOIA for free in honor of International Women’s Day
Op-Ed: Were Hillary Clinton’s Emails Classified? Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit

News Highlights - March 7, 2016

Obama to release drone 'playbook'
Bill Would Authorize Release of CRS Reports
Op-Ed: Time for transparency in overseas military aid and financing
Op-Ed: Burr’s CIA torture cover-up makes America less safe, less respected

News Highlights - March 3, 2016

After controversy, FBI removes ID requirement for eFOIA requests
How the lack of oversight on private prisons and ICE centers can affect you
MuckRock's #AppleVSFBI FOIA Primer

News Highlights - March 2, 2016

Intel Community Ups Fees for FOIA Requests
On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers
Op-Ed: Covert use of drones ultimately endangers US security

News Highlights - March 1, 2016

Classified 2002 Letter on N.S.A. Eavesdropping Is Made Public
Why private-college police forces are a new front in the fight over public records
The National Archives' Unique Role in Resolving the Clinton Email Case
FBI Claims It Has No Record Of Why It Deleted Its Recommendation To Encrypt Phones

News Highlights - February 29, 2016

Sensenbrenner, Jackson Lee ask FBI to end secrecy pacts over Stingray tracking
FISA Court Accused of Failing to Restrain NSA
The State Department’s Records and Response Problems Are Not New, They’re Systemic
Op-Ed: What Trump and Clinton have in common: A resistance to transparency
Op-Ed: The Broken System of Classifying Government Documents

News Highlights - February 26, 2016

While US Attorney General, Eric Holder Used Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Birth Name as His Official Email Address
Obama Administration Set to Expand Sharing of Data That N.S.A. Intercepts 

News Highlights - February 25, 2016

Torture and Transparency in the Military Commissions
Clinton Email Issues Shake Up State Dept. FOIA Operations
Hunting Boko Haram: The U.S. Extends Its Drone War Deeper Into Africa With Secretive Base

News Highlights - February 22, 2016

Sean Moulton: New report looks at progress toward more open government
EFF Scores Major Win In NSA Mass Surveillance Case, Granted Discovery To Get Factual Evidence
Op-Ed: Flint and the Case for Open Government
Secret Memo Details U.S.’s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones