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New FOIAXpress Version from AINS will include a FOIA web portal for the public to more easily submit, track and receive FOIA requests from agencies. Washington D.C. (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 AINS Inc. announced Tuesday that the upcoming version release of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) processing software, http://www.foiaxpress.com FOIAXpress , will include a public-facing web portal at no additional charge to FOIAXpress users, in order to facilitate government transparency and...

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Celebrating Sunshine Week 2013, the National Press Club's Freedom of the Press Committee will join with the D.C. Open Government Coalition to present the second annual "D.C. Open Government Summit" on March 13 from 6 to 8:30pm in the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) This event will focus on the state of government transparency in the District of Columbia and it will...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During Sunshine Week, March 10-16, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Professional Affairs and Freedom of the Press committees plan to help journalists and others obtain information that the government might not want you to have. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) Reporters and watchdogs will offer tips on how to use the Freedom of Information Act to ferret out documents and data...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest expands its acclaimed Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) with newly declassified files that chronicle the development of U.S. policy as it attempted to deal with the tragedy experienced in Argentina during the critical, formative period of the late 1970's - a time that featured a political collapse verging on civil war; a military coup; and massive illegal detentions, torture and kidnappings. The records, described by...

KYIV, Ukraine, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The government has been constantly improving legislation that is related to the principles of access to public information, said President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in his speech at the opening of the 64th World Newspaper Forum and the 19th World Forum of Editors in Kyiv (September 2-5, 2012). Those public officials who impede access to public information will face administrative and criminal charges, assured head of state....

California takes #1 spot for most public employees making over $150K ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Sunshine Review, a nonprofit organization dedicated to government transparency, released its first state government salary report, which analyzed public sector employee salaries in 152 local governments spanning eight states. Taking data from the last four years, Sunshine Review investigated benefits information as well as information on government...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Press Club expressed concern Monday about a proposed new Freedom of Information Act rule that appears to require the government to deny the existence of certain documents even when that is not true. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) Federal agencies have long been able to withhold from public disclosure under the law certain categories of information, including data that pertains to ongoing criminal...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that a federal court ruled today against the Obama administration that Secret Service White House visitor logs are agency records that are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The decision was issued by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, in Judicial Watch v. Secret Service...

Maker of Public Records Trackerâ„¢ Says App Offers Simple Way For Agencies to Comply with Federal FOIA & Technology Mandates Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 11, 2011 At its current rate of progress, the federal government will still be trying to comply with the "Obama Freedom of Information Act" after the President's first term in office expires, according to the Knight Open Government Survey 2011. Issued earlier this spring by the National Security Archive, the report found that...

WebQA announced today that its GovQA division has acquired an interest in Geneva, IL based FOIA Systems, the country's leading provider of open records tracking systems for local governments and public schools. Woodridge, IL (PRWEB) February 10, 2011 WebQA announced today that its GovQA division has acquired an interest in Geneva, IL based FOIA Systems, the country's leading provider of open records tracking systems for local governments and public schools.The nation's Freedom of...