I think the next nominee for a Justice Department confirmation position that comes up here ought to be told, 'I am sorry. Your confirmation ...
There should be no delays in getting FOIA requests?
The Justice Department is trying to gut that out.
We would like to see the list of all the OLC memoranda that are in force.
We really wanted it to work, and we wanted it to work whether we were in the Senate or not.
Open government is important to every single American, no matter what their political affiliation.
The Issa-Cummings bill that Senator Grassley mentioned actually would order agencies to do this within 180 days.
The more transparency you have in any society, the more apt it is to be a democratic and open society.
It takes some pressure. It takes leverage of money. It takes holding up some confirmations. And yes, it might take a subpoena.
It was a great idea. It was one of the first pieces of teeth that we have seen in the law anytime, anywhere.
I think maybe Senator Leahy sits on an Appropriations Committee. I just remember when a Secretary of State named Jim Baker showed up in fron...
I have called on the Department of Justice to be more transparent about opinions from the Office of Legal Counsel.
How many agencies are fully in compliance with the OPEN Government Act? What percentage?
I am troubled by reports that the Obama administration is becoming more secretive about its national security policies.
Our goal was to help reverse the troubling trends of excessive FOIA delays that we had witnessed for so many years.
We did not pass this law just for the sake of having a law on the books.
That is worrisome.
The Research Advisory Committee on which I serve unanimously rejected VA's whitewash
