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Taxpayer-Funded Secrecy: How Agencies Stonewall FOIA Requests
From CIA fudge recipes to $2 million invoices for requests, public officials are making a mockery of transparency laws—often at the public’s expense.
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Bill to Shield Lawmakers from Transparency Advances in West Virginia
West Virginia legislators are moving to exempt themselves from FOIA. If passed, the bill would end public accountability in the Mountain State.
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Exemptions Gut Florida FOI Laws—A Constant Assault on Government Transparency
Legislators have passed over 1,100 exemptions to Florida’s Sunshine Law. From Dale Earnhardt’s 2001 autopsy to the governor’s travel plans, the public are left in the dark.
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Virginia FOIA Law Strangled by Legislators Who Claim to Advocate Transparency
Nine thousand dollars for a school bus video? That’s the price of government transparency in Virginia. Legislators killed a bill that would have brought costs in line.
