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Sunshine Week: A commitment to open government
Next week is the annual Sunshine Week observance, reminding us of the importance and value of open government.
Suit seeks to force agencies to give FOIA time estimates
A new lawsuit filed by truth-out.org asks a court to tell agenices to comply with a provision in FOIA law that requires the government to give requesters an estimated date for responding to a request.
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New rules still don't cover immigrants
A zero-tolerance policy and a set of new rules to protect against sexual assault and rape in prisons nationwide were announced Thursday by the Justice Department. The new rules come nearly a decade after Congress mandated new rape protections for those behind bars under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. But the new regulations won't immediately impact the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration detention centers, as it still has 120 days to write its own rules to comply with PREA and another 240 days to finalize them.
Knight moves to support donor transparency
The Knight Foundation has taken a major step in promoting transparency by requiring journalism and nonprofit grant seekers to disclose more information about their donors.
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