Trump Withholds JFK Files, Again
Historians will have to wait another three years, and maybe longer, before they can get their hands on the rest of the government's assassination documents.
Transparency
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Has Four Government Email Addresses, Which Is Three More Than He Needs
Unlike everyone else, Scott Pruitt apparently can't get enough email.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Keith Ellison Thinks 'Frosted' Glass Is an Assault on Government Transparency
The Minnesota Representative took CFPB Director Mike Mulvaney to task for 'frosted' glass office.
Troubled by Highway Seizures, Kansas Enacts Asset Forfeiture Transparency
Kansas police spend millions in asset forfeiture revenue under vague, lax laws. Now they'll have to open their books.
California Lawmakers Aim to Crack Down on Police Shootings, Open Police Conduct Records
Law enforcement is already resisting.
Will Stephon Clark's Killing by Police Finally Force Open California Misconduct Investigations?
Lawmakers have tried to counter the powerful law enforcement lobby and failed.
Police Can Refuse to Say Whether Records Exist, New York's Highest Court Rules
In a case brought by two Muslim men seeking surveillance records on themselves, the court approves the NYPD's "neither confirm nor deny" response.
Los Angeles Reverses Course on Police Body Camera Secrecy
A new plan would release footage in cases of officer-involved shootings and use of force.
The Justice Department Tries to Hammer Out What to Reveal from Carter Page's Surveillance Orders
Judge allows until summer for an unprecedented disclosure of warrant info from one of our most secretive courts.
Florida May Be About to Launch the Most Ambitious Criminal Justice Transparency Project in the U.S.
"This may seem like a great, obvious idea, but no one else has done this."
Pittsburgh Still Won't Let Anyone See Its Amazon Bid
City officials' excuses are getting more and more ridiculous.
Trump Defenders Should Support the N.Y. Times Effort to Unseal Secret Surveillance Documents
Why should we have to rely on Dem and GOP spin? Americans have every right to know what happened.
Three Years Ago, D.C. Passed Strong Transparency Laws For Asset Forfeiture. Nothing Happened.
"Without this information, we're all left in the dark."
Everybody's Talking About 'The Memo' and Ignoring the Surveillance Debate
Partisan posturing drowns out important civil liberties concerns.
NSA Gets Honest About Its Lack of Honesty
The surveillance agency's mission statement is updated to reflect reality: It doesn't answer to you.
Pittsburgh Tried to Hide Its Amazon Proposal by Claiming It Was a 'Trade Secret'
What trade would that be, exactly?
Meet the Republicans Who Care About Surveillance Abuse Only When Trump's the Target (UPDATE: Trump Signs 702 Bill)
They voted to expand federal snooping. Now they're outraged about how it's used.
Critical Data Is Missing From The FBI's Annual Crime Report And Researchers Want it Back
An organization of criminologists say key data missing from the FBI's annual crime report will make it harder to study murders and drug arrests.
New York Prosecutors Gave Themselves $3.2 Million in Bonuses With Asset Forfeiture Funds
One Suffolk County prosecutor, facing criminal charges for covering up the beating of a suspect, received $70,000 in bonuses.
How Congress Keeps Its Sexual Harassment Hush Money Secret
Documents from a $27,000 harassment settlement from Rep. John Conyers' office show how Congress keeps its tax-funded settlements secret.
This Activist is Prying Loose Missouri Drug Task Force Records One Lawsuit At a Time
And he was just awarded the largest penalty in state history for a public records violation.
For Heaven's Sake, Just Release the Rest of the JFK Files
Is Donald Trump really too weak to do this?
NYPD Says It Has No Backup of Its Asset Forfeiture Database and No Way to Retrieve It
The database cost $25 million.
Let Police Operate Drones for Emergencies—but with Full Transparency
Activists fear secret surveillance. Push for firmly enforced rules instead of bans.
California Enacts Likely Ineffective Drug Price Transparency Law
What will really keep drug (and any other) prices lower? Competition.
N.C. Body Camera Law Used to Shield Greensboro Police from Accusations of Abuse
A year after law passed exempting footage from public records laws, the inevitable consequences.
Thanks, Obama! Trump Is Expanding Your Effort to Imprison Leakers!
Justice Department announces tripling of investigations.
Baltimore Drops Dozens of Criminal Cases over Allegations of Planted Drugs
But for the body camera footage…
Secret Government Watchlist Sweeps Up an American Family, and Now They're Suing
Lack of due process or transparency keeps father from knowing why it happened or how to fix it.
Do Americans Have a Right to Know If Their Government Is Incompetent?
A Senate report on Trump administration leaks overstates national security risks.
Trump-Media Wars, Nancy MacLean's Smear, and the People vs. John McEnroe: New Fifth Column
Podcast takes aim at journalistic self-importance, politician awfulness, and Southie accents
Chicago Police Indictments Show Importance of Making Videos Public
Would anybody have been held accountable for Laquan McDonald's death if we hadn't seen the shooting?
Pennsylvania's Top Court Says Police Videos Are Public, But Lawmakers Are Already Removing Access
This win for government transparency appears to have an expiration date.
Where Are All the FBI's Files on Dungeons & Dragons?
How a silly record request revealed a deeper problem with FBI transparency.
California Lawmakers Seek to Subvert Government Transparency
The state legislature is failing to heed the will of the voters.
NYPD Claims It's the Most Transparent Police Department in the World
In case you needed a good laugh today.
Colorado's Tough New Forfeiture Law Provides Real Police Oversight, Transparency
Governor signs bill requiring police to report seizures and making it harder for cops to bypass state rules.
Chelsea Manning Showed Us the Consequences of War, and We Threw Her in Prison
Whistleblower who helped make WikiLeaks famous freed after seven years.
Is Ignorance Trump's Excuse for Obstructing Justice?
Maybe the president doesn't know enough to break the law.
Resisting Nixon Comparison, Trump Provokes Tempest Over Secret White House Tapes
Republican senators say they want the probably nonexistent recordings of the president's conversations with James Comey.
Trump Admits He Would Have Fired Comey Regardless of What the DOJ Said
The president abandons a cover story that made liars of his spokesmen.
Comey's Dismissal Shows Trump Is Really Bad at Cover-Ups
The president's ham-handed efforts to stifle interest in Russia's election meddling have only drawn more attention to it.
Another Reason to Thank Snowden: Increased Federal Surveillance Transparency
More than 150 million phone call records of Americans were collected in 2016.
Calif. Lawmaker Thinks Police Aren't Protected Enough from Misconduct Claims
Bill would increase the evidence threshold to find that an officer has lied.
