Sunshine Week

Partners Cover FOIA on All Angles

Two OTG partners heralded Sunshine Week with reports on the state of the FOIA and open government.

03/19/2013

OpenTheGovernment.org’s Sunshine Week Event on March 15

Sunshine Week 2013 will take place March 10th to 16th, throughout Washington, DC, and across the United States. On Friday, March 15th, OpenTheGovernment.org and the First Amendment Center will host a Sunshine Week celebration of National Freedom of Information Day at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Download the agenda HERE.

03/09/2013

Sunshine Week in the Government

The sun will shine a little brighter in the halls of two branches of government this Sunshine Week. Below are events the government has scheduled thus far. Be on the lookout for notices of hearings from other committees and agencies, including the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, and visit SunshineWeek.org for a full line-up of events.

03/05/2013

Partners and Friends Celebrating Sunshine

We’re happy to join with 11 of our partners as co-sponsors of a March 15th Sunshine Week event. An agenda and registration information are available here. But Sunshine Week is a nationwide celebration.

03/05/2013

News Highlights - July 13, 2011

Clinton kicks off open-government partnership
Following up on Sunshine Week, Looks Pretty Dim
Fixing Federal Advisory Committees
Kundra names task force to consolidate federal websites
National Archives displays WWI secret ink papers
DOD officials crack down on incomplete award info

07/13/2011

Agencies Not Meeting Administration's Sunshine Week Commitments

This March we welcomed the Obama Administration's announcement that they planned to take some concrete steps to improve the administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In particular we appreciated their guidance to agencies on releasing useful information proactively. Unfortunately, however, it appears many agencies didn't get the memo/blog post; of the twenty-nine agencies who produced substantive open government plans last year, only six are actually making all the specified information available.