Court rules White House e-mails can be kept secret
A federal appeals court decided this week that the White House can keep its e-mail secret if it wants, saying that FOIA does not apply to the Office of Administration (see RCFP summary). Too bad that courts around the country are ruling that e-mails sent by governors are to be made public, but U.S. citizens are prevented from knowing what's going on in their own White House.
SPJ and other groups have urged in a letter that the president to reverse the Bush position of secrecy and hiding its government business. Let's see if all the talk of transparency pans out in action.