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Agencies not meeting president's Sunshine Week, openness commitments
- By: ASNE staff
- On: 07/13/2011 11:53:00
- In: Open government
When Steve Croley, a special assistant to the president, announced on March 14 that federal agencies would proactively post directories on their websites, along with official congressional testimony and agency reports to Congress required by statute, we viewed it as a testament to the growing importance of Sunshine Week.
When Steve Croley, a special assistant to the president, announced on March 14 that federal agencies would proactively post directories on their websites, along with official congressional testimony and agency reports to Congress required by statute, we viewed it as a testament to the growing importance of Sunshine Week. But four months later, only six agencies “are actually making all the specified information available,” according to a survey issued last week by openthegovernment.org. Meanwhile, Secrecy News' Steven Aftergood reports that the Pentagon recently issued a rule “that appears to subvert the intent” of an Obama administration executive order designed to reverse “unnecessarily restrictive dissemination policies” on unclassified information.