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Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told the Washington Examiner he hopes to advance the effort

Freedom of Information Act reforms to get second chance in Congress in 2015

Sarah Bedford -

January 24, 2015 10:00 am

An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Politics

Labor Department accused of helping German union skirt U.S. law

Sean Higgins -

January 19, 2015 7:31 pm

Patent office denies FOIA for busywork ‘history’ report given to paralegals

Luke Rosiak -

January 15, 2015 9:11 pm

Nonprofit Cause of Action called the D.C. appeals court to overturn a denial of their FOIA request. (iStock Photo)

Appeals court session left oversight group hopeful of improved FTC transparency

Ethan Barton -

January 14, 2015 11:33 pm

An Israeli soldier stands next to a unit of newly-deployed Patriot anti-missile missiles near Israel's nuclear research reactor August 25, 2002 at Dimona in the Negev desert, Israel. (Photo by Nadav Neuhaus/Getty images)

National Security

Legal battle to publish unclassified DOD report on Israeli nukes nears end

Sarah Bedford -

January 8, 2015 9:11 pm

Attkisson said that when she attended a party in November 2014 to celebrate her new book, Politico incorrectly labeled it as a conservative affair.

Politics

‘In the end, he’s a blogger’: Attkisson defends DOJ lawsuit from critics

Becket Adams -

January 6, 2015 2:44 am

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah,Â succeeds Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who was term-limited out of the chairmanship under the House Republican Conference's rule that limit committee chairmen to a maximum of three terms.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chaffetz, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee face big challenges

Sarah Bedford -

January 4, 2015 10:00 am

Many federal agencies treat open recommendations identifying waste, fraud and abuse as

The year in government transparency: More FOIA lawsuits as reform effort failed

Sarah Bedford -

December 24, 2014 11:00 am

Cause of Action’s Epstein wants more transparency action by Congress in 2015

Ethan Barton -

December 17, 2014 6:10 pm

Columnists

House should approve FOIA reform bill before leaving town for Christmas

Mark Tapscott -

December 12, 2014 1:09 pm

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Freedom of Information Act reforms to get second chance in Congress in 2015

Labor Department accused of helping German union skirt U.S. law

Patent office denies FOIA for busywork ‘history’ report given to paralegals

Appeals court session left oversight group hopeful of improved FTC transparency

Legal battle to publish unclassified DOD report on Israeli nukes nears end

‘In the end, he’s a blogger’: Attkisson defends DOJ lawsuit from critics

Chaffetz, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee face big challenges

The year in government transparency: More FOIA lawsuits as reform effort failed

Cause of Action’s Epstein wants more transparency action by Congress in 2015

House should approve FOIA reform bill before leaving town for Christmas

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