Reports

FOIA's 40th Anniversary: Agencies Respond to the President's Call for Improved Disclosure of Information

Members and staff of OpenTheGovernment.org, the Sunshine in Government Initiative (SGI), Coalition of Journalists for Open Government (CJOG), National Security Archive, and other friends of openness in government undertook a collaborative look at a sample of the plans submitted by federal agencies in response to E.O.

07/03/2006

CQ Researcher's Report on Government Secrecy

Why Care About Secrecy & Open Government?
What's the impact? The problems? This December 2005 24- page backgrounder explains why secrecy and open government matters, current problems such as Abu Ghraib and censoring photos, and where to go for more on the subject. It's an engaging read illustrated with photos reminding us why open government matters.

12/16/2005

Secrecy Report Card 2005

The Secrecy Report Card 2005 shows government agencies are expanding secrecy in many areas. See the press release here.

09/03/2005

Secrecy Report Card: An Update

The federal government set a new record for keeping secrets in 2004, during which government employees chose to classify information a record 15.6 million times, according to new government figures highlighted in Secrecy Report Card: An Update, an update to Secrecy Report Card 2004. See the press release here.

05/04/2005

Secrecy Report Card: Quantitative Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government

Secrecy Report Card: Quantitative Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government
uses government data to now confirm what many have suspected: Secrecy has increased dramatically in recent years under policies of the current administration. A 60 percent rise in secrecy during 2003 cost $6.5 billion. See the press release here.

08/31/2004

Ten Most Wanted Documents for 2004

The Ten Most Wanted Documents for 2004
is a list of documents that the public identified as the top documents the government should disclose to the public but does not. See the press release here, and press hits here.

04/14/2004

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