Home Page - Open The Government

Congrats, President-Elect Biden! Now, Restore Accountability in the Federal Government

40 Advocacy Organizations & Experts Release Accountability 2021 Reform Agenda for Biden Administration — Open The Government today announced Accountability 2021, a robust agenda of actionable recommendations that president-elect Joe Biden must address to repair critical gaps in transparency, ethics, and oversight, in order to forge a new path to accountable government. Our democratic institutions

Trump must respect the democratic process

(WASHINGTON) — On Trump prematurely declaring victory as vote counting in the 2020 presidential election continues, Lisa Rosenberg, executive director of Open The Government, issued the following statement: “Prematurely declaring himself the winner of the presidential election before all of the ballots have been counted is a conspicuous attempt by the president to suppress the people’s choice. Fanning

Open Government Coalition Urges NARA to Preserve Presidential Records

Open The Government led a coalition of 12 organizations urging the archivist of the United States to take steps to maintain White House records for effective executive oversight. In a letter to David Ferriero, the organizations urged the National Archives and Records Administration to take necessary steps to preserve a complete and accurate historical record

Trump’s COVID-19 infection raises unanswered questions about health, accountability to Americans

Trump’s recent coronavirus diagnosis is calling attention to secrecy surrounding the president’s latest health records. Trump’s medical team refuses to disclose when the president last tested negative for COVID-19, leaving the public in the dark about when he contracted the disease and who he might have exposed. Americans also received inconsistent information about therapies he

DHS Records Destruction Proposal Would Sanction Agency’s Persistent Misconduct

WASHINGTON – A coalition of transparency and accountability organizations, led by Open The Government, strongly oppose the Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to reclassify as “temporary” complaint records related to the agency’s extensive list of civil rights and civil liberties violations. If approved, the proposal submitted to the National Archives and Records Administration would grant DHS the authority

Open Government Coalition Urge Ratcliffe to Reverse Decision on In-Person Briefings on Election Security

Open The Government led a coalition of 11 organizations urging the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Director John Ratcliffe to reverse his recent decision to limit in-person congressional briefings on election security. In a letter to Ratcliffe, the transparent and accountability organizations asked the ODNI to re-commit to in-person election security briefings

ODNI election security briefing changes undermine Americans’ right to know

Lisa Rosenberg, executive director of Open The Government, released the following statement on the Office of Director of National Intelligence’s decision to stop in-person election security briefings for Congress and provide only written intelligence reports leading up to the 2020 election: “ODNI’s decision to provide written intelligence reports instead of extensive verbal, in-person briefings on election security is a brazen

Open The Government is an inclusive, nonpartisan coalition that works to strengthen our democracy and empower the public by advancing policies that create a more open, accountable, and responsive government.