Transparency
State Department Faulted for Redoing Web Page Aimed at Helping Refugees
Spokesman says modernization effort merely relocated material tracked by transparency group.
J. Edgar Hoover’s Revenge: Information The FBI Once Hoped Could Destroy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Has Been Declassified
Publication was justified of information from the FBI that Martin Luther King Jr. witnessed and celebrated a woman’s rape, writes a historian, who warns the FBI had long wanted to destroy King.
Consumer Bureau Chief Makes Her Mark as Rift Opens with Education Dept.
DeVos claim of privacy protections could hamper CFPB policing of student loans.
HHS Accused of 'Censorship' of Obamacare Website Materials
Nonprofit monitor flags 85 removed pages, warns of harm to vulnerable groups.
DATA Act Collection Effort Worked Better for Grants Than Contracts
Watchdog found documentation gaps in pilot plan for creating central portal.
Homeland Security Department Keeps Wraps on Border Security Plan
Two legal groups sue to get it under Freedom of Information Act.
Education Dept. Sued Over Blocking Access to Advocacy Group’s Website From Within Office Building
Alleged Wi-Fi block violates the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act, complaint argues.
Agencies Under Trump Are Reporting More Leaks of Classified Information
Transparency activist using FOIA finds more than double the rate under Obama.
Watchdog: Fuzzy Communication Is Hindering Effort to Standardize Agency Data
Amid reorganization OMB lacks clarity on DATA Act, GAO finds.
New Bill Aims to Protect Civil Servant Scientists From Undue Political Influence
Federal scientists are facing "increasing levels of censorship, research hindrances and misrepresentation of established facts," supporters say.
FOIA Requests Are Up In Trump Era, But Parties Disagree on Whether That’s Good
Leaders at Interior Department and EPA attract the most requests.
Transparency Groups Sue Health and Human Services Over Website Changes
Sunlight Foundation launches new portal to centralize monitoring of Trump "censorship."
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