Jesse Franzblau

The Demand for Transparency on Trade Negotiation: What the public needs to know about the TPP

By Patrice McDermott & Jesse Franzblau*   The President’s pledge issued on his first day of office to usher in a “new era of openness” stands in stark contrast to   Read Full

September 4, 2015

RSVP for September 9 Open Government Town Hall – Foreign Aid and Security Assistance Transparency

This September’s Town Hall will feature dynamic speakers who will engage in a lively discussion about government and civil society initiatives underway to make available information on foreign aid and   Read Full

August 24, 2015

Coalition Successfully Opposes Restrictions to FOIA – August 4, 2015 Newsletter

– Brief Updates on Coalition Partners & Others (more) – Coalition Successfully Opposes Restrictions to FOIA; Problems with CISA Remain (more) – Open Government Public Meeting: Ten Commitments for the   Read Full

August 4, 2015

OpenTheGovernment.org Joins the Day of Action Opposing Cybersecurity Bill

Congress Should Not Use Cybersecurity Legislation as a Pretext to Weaken FOIA As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up the Cybersecurity Information Sharing (“CISA”) Act, S. 754, open government   Read Full

July 28, 2015

Groups provide comments on proposed regulation on Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

After coordinating closely with the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) on the implementation of the CUI framework, open government groups submitted comments on the proposed regulation on CUI on July   Read Full

July 21, 2015