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Thursday, March 20, 2008 - Posts

Flurry of FOI advances for Sunshine Week

Great stuff is going on around the country on the FOI front, thanks to Sunshine Week. Here is just a snippet of some of the awesome advances in making government more transparent and trustworthy: Events galore, including panels, seminars and public

FEMA charges $200,000 for public records

FEMA is demanding The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., shell out more than $200,000 for compiling and copying more than 2 million documents. After dragging its feet on the request, which was first submitted September 2006, the federal agency told the paper