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For Sunshine Week and every week: our FOI material
First Amendment Center Online
02.02.06
Each year during March, journalism organizations undertake a nationwide
campaign to press for government access, which they say is being denied more
often by officials who claim post-Sept. 11 security concerns warrant keeping
information secret. It's called Sunshine
Week.
Sunshine Week 2006 is March 12-18.
News organizations will run stories, editorials and cartoons on the subject.
The project, joined by more than 50 news outlets, journalism groups,
universities and the American Library Association, was inspired by a campaign in
Florida three years ago.
One major highlight will be the First Amendment Center's annual National FOI Day conference at the Freedom Forum
in Arlington, Va., which will be held Thursday, March 16. Sunshine Week is
cosponsoring the conference this year.
The First Amendment Center Online offers comprehensive research and resources
on all aspects of Freedom of Information — as well as news, commentaries and
more.
Sunshine Week Web site
Journalists to launch 'Sunshine Week'
2005 National FOI Day conference
National FOIA Hall of Fame
National FOI Day
general information page
Freedom
of Information Topics and Federal
and State FOI Statutes in The First Amendment Library
Associated Press FOI Web
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Security, privacy fears tip balance against Freedom of Information Act presumption that government records should be open to public. 03.13.05
AP review: Federal government sealing off data
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Communities adjust to medical-privacy laws
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Openness must govern government, Sen. Cornyn says
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States do poor job of providing public-records access
Residents find roadblocks even in states considered to be the most open, according to Brechner Citizen Access Project. 03.17.05
Senate panel approves 'Faster FOIA' bill
Unanimous vote sends measure sponsored by John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to full chamber. 03.17.05
Project brings readers, officials into FOI discussions
Associated Press Managing Editors launches effort to improve local coverage of freedom-of-information issues, engage public and public officials on related issues. 03.18.05
Access faces formidable foe in privacy fears
By Eugenia Harris FOI Day panelists wrangle with what sorts of information should be readily available to public. 03.18.05
Student Press Law Center raising endowment
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Novel excuses multiply for shielding government data
'Agencies seem to view their role as coming up with techniques to keep information secret rather than the other way around,' says lawyer for AP. 03.21.05
Senate panel passes bill targeting FOIA exemptions
Measure would require that additional exceptions to open-government law be spelled out precisely in new legislation. 06.10.05
Former journalist named honorary Sunshine Week chairman
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States clamp down on public access to info
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Congress must champion access
By Paul K. McMasters Government information must be branded as crucial to democracy, to responsible governance and to freedom. 07.11.02
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What we can’t know hurts us
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Government secrecy: dark cloud over open society
By Paul K. McMasters To block public information is to accept too easily that keeping enemies at bay means keeping citizens in the dark. 03.13.05
The public's right to know is under attack
By Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Erosion of Freedom of Information Act weakens vital protections for American citizens, Vermont Democrat writes. 03.15.05
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