From Washington Post:
The latest call for the Obama administration to publicly release its legal justification for a drone strike that killed U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen last year came Wednesday in the form of a federal lawsuit.
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A few open government and FOIA news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier:
South Dakota GOP official joins with Democrats to support open government
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A few items selected from many of interest that we might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Obama administration makes some transparency gains; challenges remain
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and OpenTheGovernment.org released a joint report, Measuring Transparency Under the FOIA: The Real Story Behind the Numbers, analyzing the government’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) data for 2010 and how it compares to the previous administration’s data.
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