Open government groups ask President Obama for more transparency

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Watchdog.org:

TALLAHASSEE. Fla. — Government transparency advocates are again confronting the Obama administration, this time over a White House memo aimed at filtering Freedom of Information Act requests.

OPEN GOVERNMENT: A bipartisan coalition of 25 nonprofit groups are calling on President Obama to improve government transparency.

The longstanding practice is said to have hindered the free flow of information from federal agencies to the public, and undermined an important open government tool: the FOIA or public records request.

 

On Monday, a bipartisan coalition of 25 nonprofit organizations called on President Obama for change.

 

In a letter spearheaded by Cause of Action, a government accountability group, the coalition urged the president directly to “withdraw” a 2009 memo or “provide further guidance” to federal agencies regarding the administration’s internal policy of requiring agencies to consult with White House attorneys before releasing certain document requests.

 

“Public promises of transparency are no excuse for secret memos that prevent it,” said Dan Epstein, executive director for Cause of Action.

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TALLAHASSEE. Fla. — Government transparency advocates are again confronting the Obama administration, this time over a White House memo aimed at filtering Freedom of Information Act requests.

OPEN GOVERNMENT: A bipartisan coalition of 25 nonprofit groups are calling on President Obama to improve government transparency.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah Like that's gonna happen!