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Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the publicâs right to know. It is made possible by generous funding from Bloomberg LP and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Watchdog Article: SUNSHINE WEEK: Federal agencies fail advocacy group’s FOIA test

Mark Tapscott · March 13, 2013 4:00 am

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday that Chinese espionage efforts against U.S. interests have markedly increased in recent years. FBI Director Robert Mueller is to Clapper's right, while CIA Director John Brennan is to the left. (AP Photo)

NASA mum on Chinese national once slated to attend classified Langley meeting

Richard Pollock · March 13, 2013 4:00 am

Congressman names employee he claims took NASA documents to China

Richard Pollock · March 13, 2013 4:00 am

New Mexico's House Speaker Ken Martinez believes legislators' official emails should be excluded from public access. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican,Luis Sanchez Saturno )

SUNSHINE WEEK: New Mexico solons claim right to keep official emails private

Rob Nikolewski · March 12, 2013 4:00 am

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA, and Ranking Minority Member Elijah Cummings, D-MD (Left), jointly introduced legislation to update and reform the 1966 Freedom of Information Act. (AP Photo)

SUNSHINE WEEK: Issa, Cummings introduce bipartisan FOIA reform

Richard Pollock · March 12, 2013 4:00 am

Juan Santiago today. (Submitted photo)

Veterans Affairs bureaucrats shuffle paper as dying Marine grows weaker

Mark Flatten · March 12, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama signs executive orders Jan. 21, 2009, on government transparency and FOIA, saying "for a long time now, there's been too much secrecy in this city. The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people, then it should not be disclosed. That era is now over." (AP Photo)

Sunshine Week: FOIA use grows but transparency declines despite Obama promises

Mark Tapscott · March 10, 2013 5:00 am

Thousands of veterans had their private information compromised when it was transmitted unencrypted by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a report released today by the VA's Inspector General. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Watchdog: VA puts vets private info at risk, IG reports

Mark Flatten · March 7, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-IA, today demanded that the Department of Justice investigate the Environmental Protection Agency for possibly erecting improper or illegal administrative obstacles to Freedom of Information Act requests for government documents. Joining Grassley were Sen. David Vitter, R-LA, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA. (AP Photo)

Congressmen demand investigation of EPA selectively blocking FOIAs

Mark Flatten · March 7, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA, charged that NASA allowed a contractor to hire a Chinese national linked to an organization U.S. security officials designated as "an entity of concern." (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Wolf says NASA prompted hiring of person linked to Chinese espionage; may be dozens more in agency

Richard Pollock · March 7, 2013 5:00 am

House Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-FL, says veterans need not worry about sequestration cuts. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Vets don’t have to worry about sequestration cuts at VA

Mark Flatten · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

Chicken Little feds ignored IG ideas for savings worth $67 billion last year

Chicken Little feds ignored IG ideas for savings worth $67 billion last year

Mark Flatten · March 5, 2013 5:00 am