- Freedom of Information Act Guide 2007 - World Bank Developing Country-by-Country Database on Access Laws - House Panel Subpoenas Gonzales for Documents Patrice McDermott, Director OpenTheGovernment.org www.openthegovernment.org 202.332.OPEN (6736) - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT GUIDE 2007 US DOJ Office of Information and Privacy The March 2007 edition of the FOIA Guide contains a newly updated and revised discussion of the procedural requirements of the FOIA, the contours of the FOIA's nine exemptions and three exclusions, as well as the considerations applicable to FOIA litigation. This latest edition of the FOIA Guide also contains an overview of Executive Order 13,392, entitled "Improving Agency Disclosure of Information." Guide *** - WORLD BANK DEVELOPING COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY DATABASE ON ACCESS LAWS The World Bank is well on its way to developing a country-by-country database "on various transparency and accountability institutions in developing countries," freedominfo.org has learned. The new database, which may be posted online in a month or so, will summarize national laws on asset disclosure, conflict of interest, freedom of information, and immunity provisions. The Bank also has developed a set of "good practices" against which to measure country laws, according to information provided by Bank officials. more *** - HOUSE PANEL SUBPOENAS GONZALES FOR DOCUMENTS By Dan Eggen Tuesday, April 10, 2007 The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today seeking hundreds of pages of new or uncensored records related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year, officials said. It is the first subpoena to be issued in connection with the dismissals and escalates the confrontation between Democrats and the Bush administration, which has resisted demands for more documents and for public testimony from White House aides about the dismissals. more [WPost] Links: Documents related to the firings