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News Highlights - December 11, 2012

Reporters, Public Blocked from Biden's Fiscal Cliff Call with Local Officials
White House Mum on Boehner Talks, Defends Keeping Fiscal Cliff Talks Private
Open Source Technologies for Arms Control
Agencies Should Make Social Media Easier to Locate and Concentrate Efforts, Finds Study

12/11/2012

News Highlights - December 8 - 10, 2012

The Senate Report on CIA Interrogations You May Never See
Declassification Board 'Agitates' for Changes to Document Management
The Right to Petition the White House Prompts Grievances, Gags Online

12/10/2012

News Highlights - December 7, 2012

Advisory Board Urges White House to Lead Secrecy Reform
Records Management Directive Shifts Into Gear
Senators to Vote on Probe of CIA Intelligence Program
Opinion: Why We Don't Need Another Law Against Intelligence Leaks
Opinion: FISA Needs Oversight, Amendment Before Reauthorization
Old Regs May Not Necessarily Be Bad Regs, But Can Be a Red Flag
FCC's Plan for Fixing Its Political Ads Transparency Site? It Won't Say
Air Force Clarifies Policy on FOIA Documents

12/07/2012

News Highlights - December 6, 2012

Federal Plan Calls for Overhauling Secrecy Policies
Pentagon May Limit Information Requests Handled by Contractors
Fiscal Cliff Talks Still in Dark
Federal Polygraph Programs are Secret Even to Researchers

12/06/2012

News Highlights - December 5, 2012

Agencies Lag on Transparency, Report Says
DOJ: Nearly $5 Billion Recovered Under False Claims Act
Linguist Charged with Pilfering Records Seeks Release
Using Technology to Modernize Classification and Declassification

12/05/2012

News Highlights - December 4, 2012

Outdated Agency Regs Undermine Freedom of Information
Transparency on U.S. Nuclear Forces Proceeds
Watchdog Wins Reprieve for Commerce Department Agents Under Gag Agreement
Federal Judge Criticizes Immigration Agency's Response to FOIA Request
House Oversight Leaders Find Rare Bipartisan Agreement On IT Reform

12/04/2012

News Highlights - December 1 - 3, 2012

NSA Embarrassment: Spy Agency Censors Their Own Talking Points in FOIA Response
Opinion: New Protections for Whistleblowers
Senate Passes Amedments to Shed Light on Contractor Misbehavior
Two-Tiered Classification
Strengthening the Authorities of the National Declassification Center

12/03/2012

News Highlights - November 30, 2012

DHS and CDC Refuse to Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program
What You Need to Know About the OGP's Independent Reporting Mechanism

11/30/2012

News Highlights - November 29, 2012

Classification Decisions are Reviewable by Courts, Gov Admits
It's Time to Stop Killing in Secret
Adventures in FOIA-Land
VanRoekel: Open Data Policy to be Published in Early 2013

11/29/2012

News Highlights - November 28, 2012

New Bill Will Strengthen Transparency and Accountability by Protecting Federal Whistleblowers
'Fiscal Cliff' Casts Shadow of Secrecy

11/28/2012

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