A recent article in the Wyoming Law Review examines copy fee provisions in the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, Wyoming law, and Colorado law, concluding that vague laws allowing “reasonable” copy fee...

In a decision issued this week, an appellate court addressed two significant issues that will affect open government and the public records law moving forward: whether text messages on private cell ph...

Washington state House lawmakers have reinstated a controversial email auto-deletion policy, allowing most legislative emails, including those about bills and communications with lobbyists, to be perm...

The Indiana Coalition for Open Government started the hotline to help with questions about the Access to Public Records Act and the Open Door Law.

A new study from the Brechner Freedom of Information Project finds that states with weaker newspaper environments are associated with greater government secrecy.

Brechner Freedom of Information Project director David Cuillier is questioning Florida’s decision to remove detailed contract records tied to its new $250 million detention camp from a public website.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s two living children are urging people to tread lightly with a newly released trove of records related to their father's assassination.

As federal agencies increasingly use artificial intelligence to process public records requests, new research calls for stronger transparency requirements. In the Journal of the National Association o...

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Whether they appear in a yellow lined notebook or on white printer paper, government documents are government documents.

Journalism relies on public records, but transparency laws are weakening nationwide, with longer response times, high fees and more frequent rejections. Agencies know that few newsrooms can research a...

Watchdog group, American Oversight has filed a lawsuit in federal court to compel the United States Justice Department to release records related to Emil Bove, a senior DOJ official and federal judici...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday publicly shared over 200 archived so-called complete response letters related to medicines that were later approved, in a bid to improve transparency under the leadership of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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The narrowly tailored measure is meant to keep records a court rejected as defamatory from public dissemination.

The Kentucky AG'ss Office has issued an opinion stating the City of Union "violated the Open Records Act." The city disagrees. Read more.

“When it comes to government transparency and the Hanford nuclear site, the stakes couldn’t be higher for people who rely on the Columbia.”

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LAWTON, OK — A $67,000 price tag for complying with an Open Records Act request may prompt City Council members to talk to state legislators about changes in the law.

"The country deserves to know the details of DHS's DNA collection program," Georgetown Law's Stevie Glaberson told Newsweek.

Access to public records continues to vary widely by state, with Alabama ranking last in compliance, according to a recent analysis.

Government transparency laws like the federal Freedom of Information Act and the many state versions of that law are designed..

The case stems from a records request filed by the USA TODAY Network for emails between Penncrest officials and a religious liberties law firm.

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The seventh annual Freedom of Information Research Competition, sponsored by the National Freedom of Information Coalition and University of Florida Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project, ...

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Michigan lawmakers are working to expand the state’s Freedom of Information Act to include the governor’s office and state legislators, a move advocates say would strengthen government transparency an...