Author Archives: Alex Howard

Last week, the U.S. government posted a summary of the feedback they have heard on making government more inclusive and responsive and invited the American public to read and share these summaries, and let the White House know what we thought of them by December 9, 2022 by emailing opengov@ostp.eop.gov. The following is the response …

Continue reading “Response to the proposed themes for a 5th U.S. National Action Plan on Open Government”

Today, our director provided brief remarks in response to the White House’s request for feedback from the public about proposed federal commitments to improve public access to data. The following written recommendations are the (longer) version of that public comment, with specific tactical and strategic recommendations for improving administration of the Freedom of Information Act …

Continue reading “Recommendations on improving implementation of the Freedom of Information Act and data transparency”

In August, our director was appointed by the acting Archivist of the USA (AOTUS) to the U.S. Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee as one of the non-governmental members who advocates for better access on behalf of the public, press, and good government watchdogs. For those unfamiliar, this federal advisory committee was established in 2014 …

Continue reading “Request for public feedback on improving U.S. government compliance with the Freedom of Information”

This coalition letter from good governance groups and individuals devoted to ethics asks the Biden administration to detail its plans for restoring government transparency and accountability, with dozens of specific questions and requests for information regarding specific commitments necessary to continue that process. The letter may be downloaded as a PDF with footnotes instead of …

Continue reading “Open questions on open government in the USA”