Tag: government transparency
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October 15, 2009 10:10 AM EDT --
In July of this year, the House of Representatives passed the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 , introduced by Representative Barney . . .
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April 28, 2009 07:55 PM EDT --
Not only did Senator Specter ignore the people that had voted for him for the last 29 years and the principles and perspectives they hold - He has forfeited whatever integrity he ever had and has became . . .
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February 22, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
There are a few different things going on. Wait times have become longer; backlogs of requests have grown; the standards under which information is released have in some cases become more restrictive. . . .
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October 27, 2006 03:00 PM EDT --
November 2, 2006 UPDATE: The Sunlight Foundation has responded to what I have written here. Please read the 14th comment -- that I wrote -- to this article; it has their explanation.
I just obtained . . .
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July 11, 2007 10:40 PM EDT --
FAS Statement on Recent Testimony by Surgeon General Carmona
The Federation of American Scientists is profoundly disturbed by the testimony of former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona at the July 10th . . .
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November 23, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
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"Reducing Government Secrecy"
On 19 November 2008, Steven Aftergood spoke to FAS members on "Reducing Government Secrecy". He described how the rate of national . . .
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April 25, 2008 03:21 PM EDT --
"There is this amazing confluence of technology and opportunity at a time where we really can change the world. And there are some big problems that need to be solved." – Tim O'Reilly . . .
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January 11, 2007 03:04 PM EST --
The National Reconnaissance Office is releasing unclassified budget documents that it previously declined to publicize, in an apparent legal victory for a government transparency advocate.
Steven Aftergood, . . .
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January 25, 2008 10:14 AM EST --
PRESSURE GROWS TO LIMIT THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE
A rising tide of criticism of the use of the state secrets privilege to derail litigation against the government has yielded new legislation . . .
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July 01, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
COURT INVALIDATES DETAINEE'S "ENEMY COMBATANT" STATUS
A federal appeals panel found that the designation of a Chinese
detainee held in U.S. custody as an "enemy combatant" . . .
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June 27, 2009 09:22 AM EDT --
In all the tumult and pretense of a vigorous debate about health-care, immigration, energy legislation, and ever more far-reaching government involvement in all aspects of American business, have . . .
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June 15, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
LA Times
Dismantling fewer, not more, nukes June 11, 2007
This article would have benefited from scratching a little below the surface. The reported feat that the Department of Energy has . . .
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June 23, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
FAS opposes the so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) and asks you to tell your Senator to vote against the funding for this new nuclear bomb. We urge you to visit the FAS petition at . . .
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July 06, 2007 12:05 AM EDT --
FAS Researcher Discovers New Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine
WASHINGTON – Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists . . .
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November 01, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
Yes, this is taking a slice out of the Public Television playbook...
Special Offer: FAS has republished “One World or None”; original essays by Albert Einstein, . . .
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August 22, 2006 09:20 AM EDT --
For those who think that liberals and conservatives can find no common ground, think again. A campaign in Washington to promote transparency and accountability in federal spending has garnered support . . .
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December 13, 2006 01:13 PM EST --
John Stewart's Daily Show recently aired a clip of Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) that had been culled from a December 7, 2006 speech. Santorum was shown disparaging the fact that the media had chosen . . .
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February 06, 2009 09:08 PM EST --
It seems that no matter what happens, no matter what issues face the nation, no matter what lessons of history are available to be learned, no matter who the faces in charge are, the Congress will . . .
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October 03, 2007 05:07 PM EDT --
The Federation of American Scientists, Vice President for Strategic Security, Ivan Oelrich proved to be an informative interview subject on a variety of current nuclear issues. Ivan . . .
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February 23, 2009 04:27 PM EST --
President Obama has been breathtaking in his zeal to quickly implement as many of his proposals as possible sacrificing thoughtful review, consensus building and even his own campaign promise to use an . . .
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