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• Nigerian Anti-Corruption Activists Demand: Let the Sun Shine in

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 665
  Part 2 of an interview with David Ugolor, head of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice . [ In part I , African Network for Environment and Economic Justice executive director described how Halliburton poured more than 180 million dollars into bribing…
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• “America’s Army” Recruitment Video Game Cost Taxpayers $33M

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 529
  Source: BNet The U.S. Army cost the taxpayer $32.8 million in developing the online videogame America’s Army, a recruitment tool, according to GameSpot. The costs were spread over 10 years. The game was developed as part of the Army’s recruitment advertising efforts. All branches of the military combined spent ...
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• Twitter Tapping - government agents tracking public information

  
  Seven Generational Ruminations — Authority: 142
  An NY TImes editorial Twitter Tapping discusses a Freedom of Information Act suit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. There is widespread understanding that government agents are snooping around ...
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• How Does Someone Check Court Records Online

  
  IENACE — Authority: 141
  If available, the name of the husband and wife, the date the marriage took place and the town in which it was officiated should be provided. If a certificate is needed for a fetal death, follow the same procedure as requesting a birth certificate.In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, Public Divorce ...
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• Jack Straw should stop this shameful Cabinet cover-up

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  The Labour Party introduced the Freedom of Information Act but now seems determined to subvert it, says Alasdair Palmer.
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• The Cost Of A Free Game

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 574
  It’s amazing how much some things cost. In a quick perusal of slashdo t today, I see that once again, the taxpayers have gotten hosed over a game that is given away as a freebie by army recruiters, presumably to show what swell guys they are, and what being in the military will be like. Responding to a Freedom Of ...
  4 days ago

• How Can I View Criminal Background Reports Quickly

  
  The Article Blog — Authority: 141
  If you’re looking for information on someone’s past criminal offenses it pays to know what kind of information you need to help protect yourself from potential threats to your well being. For example, state records can provide you enough knowledge on crimes committed in the state queried. Be sure to view these ...
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• Inmate FOIA requests: obnoxious but valid

  
  Suits & Sentences — Authority: 421
  Prisoners may be bad people, right? Violent, dangerous, incorrigible; ruiners-of-other-peoples-lives. But nowhere in the Freedom of Information Act does it say the act is designed solely for good people. So Suits & Sentences is always a little bit heartened when anyone, even a convicted inmate, secures some ...
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• Americas Army franchise cost $33 million to deploy over 10 years

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 774
  According to information obtained by GameSpot from the United States Army, the Americas Army series has cost $32.8 million across the 10 years of the franchises existence. Development costs have risen and fallen over the years - starting with a first year budget of $3.5 million and a 2009 budget of approximately ...
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• FOIA friendlier

  
  Suits & Sentences — Authority: 421
  Give the Obama administration credit. Officials have made some changes that provide more transparency, especially in the area of the Freedom of Information Act. See, e.g., this new Justice Department FOIA page , which lists in one convenient location the Annual FOIA Reports for myriad other federal agencies. As a ...
  5 days ago

• White House gives agencies transparency to-do list

  
  theCLog — Authority: 441
  From our friends at ProPublica.org : Open government advocates got an early holiday gift from the White House today. The Office of Management and Budget released the detailed directive to federal agencies on transparency that President Barack Obama called for on his second day in office. The 11-page ...
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• Obama Makes More Promises About Open Government

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 486
  The Obama Administration has finally published a set of guidelines for making the federal government more open , sharing information with citizens about its activities. Woo. Hoo. Color me impressed. Another set of promises from President Obama. I’ll be sincerely impressed when I see the promise of open ...
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• Information tribunal rejects appeal by University of Central Lancashire. Freedom of Information wins!

  
  DC's Improbable Science — Authority: 103
  A momentous decision was promulgated (as lawyers say) by the Information Tribunal on December 8th 2009.  It marks a step forward in Freedom of Information about how universities spend your money. It has taken 3.5 years to get to this point. Perhaps now there will be an end to the attempts of every single ...
  6 days ago

• Are Americans Fed Up With Health Care Reform?

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 134
  A coordinated campaign to hide scientific information about climate change appears unprecedented. Could it wind up costing us trillions ? Science depends on good quality of data. It also relies on replication and sharing data. But the last couple of days have uncovered some shocking revelations. Computer hackers ...
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• Lansing FOIA group takes steps toward public transparency

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 602
  LANSING — Members of the Lansing city attorney’s Freedom of Information Act policy working group left a 45-minute closed-door meeting on Friday promising a renewed spirit of openness going forward. Media were barred from attending the meeting to discuss new transparency policies for the city of Lansing held ...
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• The Attorney-in-Chief issues orders with manly firmness

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 442
  Attorneys are really something. Their whole world is built around words. Words are all important. That’s why you have stickers on plastic bags nowadays that have words that say “This is not a toy”. In spite of the fact that the warning from the Surgeon General has been printed on the side of a pack cigarettes, ...
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• Obama opaque on promise to bring transparency

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 459
  Its hardly the image of transparency that the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public. The event Monday for federal employees is a fitting symbol of President Obamas uneven record so far on the Freedom of Information Act, a big part of keeping his campaign ...
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• Does Yahoo have a price list for spying on criminal suspects?

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Yahoo “Spying Guide” Debunked - False Alarm Raised Over Allegation of ISP Spying Guides and Selling User Data

  
  The Internet Patrol — Authority: 122
  Take one part paranoia, one part zeal, two parts conspiracy theory, and someone with too much time on their hands, and what do you get? No, its not the sequel to Minority Report . Its the allegation that Yahoo and other ISPs are spying on their users and selling their users information, with publication of the ...
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• Does Yahoo have a price list for spying on criminal suspects?

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryYahoo apparently has a detailed price list for what some are calling “spying services” that it provides to law enforcement agencies.Wired’s Threat Level security blog has reported that Yahoo blocked a Freedom of Information Act request from an Indiana University graduate student, ...
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