AltWeeklies Wire
Ain't No Sunshinenew
Records are often difficult to get, and now, even more so, since President George W. Bush designated entire categories of federal documents off-limits in the name of "national security."
FU, FOIAnew
In December President Bush quietly signed a law to make federal records more accessible. This month he quietly gutted it.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-19-2008 |
Media
Watching Big Brothernew
Is the government spying on you? The Freedom of Information Act is one good way to find out. Here's how.
Missoula Independent |
Fredric Alan Maxwell |
09-21-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Needling the Haystacknew
A 1,683-mile drive taught us that Texas educators don't always entertain an open-door policy when it comes to public records.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
05-23-2006 |
Education
Tags: FOIA
Let the Sun Shine Innew
No one seems to know if Louisville's Arena Authority is a public entity, which helps arena advocates do their work behind closed doors.
LEO Weekly |
Billy Reed |
03-13-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: FOIA
What We Don't Knownew
It's hard to tell just how pervasive the Bush administration's spying program is -- the documents, like so many others, are secret.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson, Steven T. Jones and G.W. Schulz |
03-08-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying, FOIA
Ms. Sunshinenew
Using a toothless law, Illinois' public-records enforcer fights the good fight.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
01-27-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Son of Executed Couple Helps Children of Other Activistsnew
Fifty years after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died in the electric chair for conspiracy to commit espionage, their son Robert Meeropol is doing what he can to help dissenters.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Silja Ja Talvi |
08-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: FOIA, execution, conspiracy, dissent, Freedom of Information Act, lawsuit, atomic scientists, Attorney General John Ashcroft, electric chair, espionage, Ethel Rosenberg, international outcry, Julius Rosenberger, McCarthy era, reds, Robert Meeropol, Rosenberg Fund for Children, Sing Sing prison, traitors, crime & justice
