Tag: Foia
Could more transparency come to Colorado this year?
Colorado's Open Records Act is an old law with some outdated provisions in it.
Last year, state legislation failed that would help align the law...
High Court to Planned Parenthood shooting judge: Explain yourself
The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered a judge to explain why he's keeping certain records in the Planned Parenthood shooting case secret. The High Court gave El Paso District...
Opinion: A 21st-century open-records law for Colorado
When was the last time you used microfilm or microfiche to find information? Does the phrase “on-line bulletin board” bring to mind that screeching...
Notes from the Statehouse: more nicotine regs, lower open-records fees and...
Notes from the Colorado State Capitol on February 24, 2014.
North Fork Valley federal lawsuit seeks end to secret oil, gas...
The Citizens for a Healthy Community and Western Environmental Law Center's suit aims to upend the Bureau of Land Management's practice of keeping nominators' names secret until after a lease is sold.
Department of Justice retreats on controversial FOIA rule
Faced with increasing push-back from the public, the media, government watchdogs and a bipartisan list of lawmakers, the Department of Justice Thursday agreed to drop a proposed regulation that would have allowed government agencies to lie to members of the public seeking records through the Freedom of Information Act.
Udall to Holder: ‘Don’t try to protect citizens by lying to...
Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has been a champion in the post-9/11 era of the need to balance tough national security measures against concerns for civil liberties and privacy protections. Wednesday he sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing "deep concern" over a plan to rework a key regulation tied to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The new regulation, known as 16.6(f)(2), would allow the government to lie to citizens seeking sensitive information.
Government conference on transparency closed to public, press
Only in Washington ...
On March 26, 2009, the Office of Information Policy (OIP), Department of Justice, will host a governmentwide training conference to discuss President Obama’s and Attorney General Holder’s Memoranda which establish a new era of open government. ... No pre-registration is required. However, you must present your Government ID to attend the training.
Bringing transparency to Colorado government in three easy steps
As one of his first official acts, President Barack Obama issued an executive memorandum instructing members of his administration “to operate under principles of openness, transparency and of engaging citizens with their government.” There are a number of ways Colorado state and local government can follow suit and join the President in his commitment to an “unprecedented level of openness in government.”
Bush Budget Subverts New Open Records Law
A new federal law meant to strengthen the way government agencies process Freedom of Information Act requests would be undermined by a provision in...