Category: Executive Branch

Norm Eisen’s White House Blog post on FOIA highlights a memo to agency heads from White House Counsel Bob Bauer on FOIA.  “Happy Sunshine Week.”

The Post reports on the Obama administration’s plans to focus on Citizens United legislation here. There is little the administration can do to reverse the ruling, short of pushing a constitutional amendment. But White House officials are weighing how hard to push legislative proposals by Sen. Charles E. SchumerRep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) that would […]

The Times covers a new report on transparency in the Obama administration. The report found that despite Mr. Obama’s directive for agencies to take “affirmative steps” to make more information public through the Freedom of Information Act, many agencies do not appear to have made any concrete changes. It also found little indication that most […]