[govinfo] GovInfo News 11 May 09
- From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:41:40 -0400
Patrice McDermott, Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
www.openthegovernment.org
202.332.OPEN (6736)
Judicial Transparency:
New push to bring cameras in Supreme Court [Politico, May 11, 2009] This
summer?s confirmation hearings for Souter?s replacement will give C-SPAN, which
has long wanted to air oral arguments, a chance to push its case with the
lawmakers who control the high court?s purse strings.
Open Government Directive:
Federal CTO will issue incomplete suggestions for open government [NextGov, May
6, 2009] see http://groups.google.com/group/opengovernmentdirective?hl=en for
a conversation on what the Directive should contain
Secrecy:
Pentagon's Black Budget Grows to More Than $50 Billion [Wired: Danger Room,
May 7, 2009]
Government Could Destroy Records in Hundreds of Guantanamo Cases [ProPublica,
May 7, 2009]
Groups Complain of Continued Secrecy About Trade Pact [PC World, May 6, 2009]
Other:
Records violations ensnare housing nominee [Washington Times, May 7, 2009]
Inspector at Pentagon Says Report Was Flawed [New York Times, May 5, 2009] The
Defense Department?s inspector general?s office has withdrawn a report it
issued in January exonerating a Pentagon public relations program that made
extensive use of retired officers who worked as military analysts for
television and radio networks.
GAO Report:
Federal Rulemaking: Improvements Needed to Monitoring and Evaluation of Rules
Development as Well as to the Transparency of OMB Regulatory Reviews.
GAO-09-205, April 20
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