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Policy and News Update for April 22, 2008

I. OpenTheGovernment.org and 33 Groups Call for Public Comment on SBU Guidance
II. CREW Report Finds Federal Government Electronic Record Keeping Practices Abysmal
III. NARA Has Decided Not to Record a "Snapshot" of Government Webpages at the End of the Current Administration
IV. William Bosanko is Named the New Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
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Policy and News Updates for April 8, 2008

I. Sunshine Week Wrap-up: Veotag Webcast
II. PIDB Remarks
III. Legislative Update: CRS Reports
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Policy and News Updates for March 25, 2008

I. "Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know" summary
II. Legislative Update
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Policy and News Updates for March 11, 2008

I. OpenTheGovernment.org's Sunshine Week Event: "Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know" Update
II. Presidential Library Funding Developments
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Policy and News Updates for February 26, 2008

I. Senators Kennedy, Specter, and Leahy introduce legislation to clarify "state secrets" privilege
II. OpenTheGovernment.org supports FOIA, whistleblower protection efforts
III. Washington Post prints OpenTheGovernment.org-CREW letter to the editor re: NARA, Presidential Records Act
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Policy and News Updates for February 12, 2008

I. OpenTheGovernment.org Opposes Bush Budget Proposal to Repeal Part of OPEN Government Act and Grant DOJ Ombudsman Role
II. More Panelists Confirmed for OpenTheGovernment.org Sunshine Week Event: Edwards, Beeson Join Podesta
III. Informational Update
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Policy and News Updates for January 29, 2008

I. Bush Budget May Shift OGIS Funding from NARA to DOJ, Undermining OPEN-Government Act
II. The Smithsonian Institution and FOIA
III. Legislative Update
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Policy and News Updates for January 15, 2008

I. Registration for OpenTheGovernment.org's Sunshine Week event now open!
II. Legislative Update
III. Interview with Steven Aftergood of FAS, discussing the report of the Public Interest Declassification Board
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Policy and News Updates for January 2, 2008

I. Legislative updates
II. Sunshine Week 2008 Registration Starts This Monday
III. Notes from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing: E-Government 2.0: Improving Innovation, Collaboration, and Access

Policy and News Update for December 11, 2007

I. Interview with outgoing ISOO Director Bill Leonard
II. Legislative updates
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