Republicans Work Hard To Hide Their Activities From FOIA
Sept 20, 2017 5:03:46 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Sept 20, 2017 5:03:46 GMT -5
The Republicans can't pass any meaningful legislation to help America, but they sure bust their ass to cover their corrupt ways...
And it's not just the Feds, many states also want to turn off the Government info spigot...
House goes to court to protect secrecy of records
An effort to fight a FOIA lawsuit for proposals on health care reform wins bipartisan backing.
By JOSH GERSTEIN; 09/15/2017 08:21 PM EDT, Updated 09/18/2017 02:36 PM EDT
The House of Representatives is taking legal action to make sure that federal agencies don’t release congressional records to the public through the Freedom of Information Act.
The move, which came Friday evening in a lawsuit demanding access to discussions about health care reform between the Trump administration and Congress, threatens to cut off a mechanism liberal watchdog groups were using to gain insight into closed-door negotiations on a variety of policy issues.
In legal papers filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, House General Counsel Thomas Hungar said the move to protect congressional correspondence was authorized by a House body known as the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. While the panel of top House leaders has divided in the past on sensitive issues, Hungar wrote that they “voted unanimously to authorize this intervention … to protect the institutional interests of the House.”
www.politico.com/story/2017/09/15/house-moves-to-block-access-to-records-foia-242791
An effort to fight a FOIA lawsuit for proposals on health care reform wins bipartisan backing.
By JOSH GERSTEIN; 09/15/2017 08:21 PM EDT, Updated 09/18/2017 02:36 PM EDT
The House of Representatives is taking legal action to make sure that federal agencies don’t release congressional records to the public through the Freedom of Information Act.
The move, which came Friday evening in a lawsuit demanding access to discussions about health care reform between the Trump administration and Congress, threatens to cut off a mechanism liberal watchdog groups were using to gain insight into closed-door negotiations on a variety of policy issues.
In legal papers filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, House General Counsel Thomas Hungar said the move to protect congressional correspondence was authorized by a House body known as the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. While the panel of top House leaders has divided in the past on sensitive issues, Hungar wrote that they “voted unanimously to authorize this intervention … to protect the institutional interests of the House.”
www.politico.com/story/2017/09/15/house-moves-to-block-access-to-records-foia-242791
And it's not just the Feds, many states also want to turn off the Government info spigot...
Request Denied: States Try to Block Access to Public Records
NM, Sunday, 17 Sep 2017 04:37 PM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In February, Arkansas lawmakers marked the 50-year anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act with a resolution calling it "a shining example of open government" that had ensured access to vital public records for generations.
They spent the following weeks debating and, in many cases approving, new exemptions to the law in what critics called an unprecedented attack on the public's right to know.
When they were finished, universities could keep secret all information related to their police forces, including their size and the names and salaries of officers. Public schools could shield a host of facts related to security, including the identities of teachers carrying concealed weapons and emergency response plans. And state Capitol police could withhold anything they believed could be "detrimental to public safety" if made public.
www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Sunshine-Year-States-of-Denial/2017/09/17/id/814078/
NM, Sunday, 17 Sep 2017 04:37 PM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In February, Arkansas lawmakers marked the 50-year anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act with a resolution calling it "a shining example of open government" that had ensured access to vital public records for generations.
They spent the following weeks debating and, in many cases approving, new exemptions to the law in what critics called an unprecedented attack on the public's right to know.
When they were finished, universities could keep secret all information related to their police forces, including their size and the names and salaries of officers. Public schools could shield a host of facts related to security, including the identities of teachers carrying concealed weapons and emergency response plans. And state Capitol police could withhold anything they believed could be "detrimental to public safety" if made public.
www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Sunshine-Year-States-of-Denial/2017/09/17/id/814078/