In November 2024, Elon Musk posted on social media, "There should be no need for [Freedom of Information Act] requests. All government data should be default public for maximum transparency." His ...

A: The Freedom of Information Act (abbreviated as FOIA) provides you with the right to request access to records of the executive branch of the United States government. The records are to be provided ...

We often rag on the state Legislature, the most highly paid lawmakers among the 50 states, who can also pocket unlimited outside income and face no term limits. But sometimes they get it right, as ...

On 23 July 2025 the Supreme Court handed down a judgment confirming the approach public authorities should take when deciding whether to disclose information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ...

Two hundred and fifty years into the American experiment, our democracy still depends on a free press. And a free press depends on people willing to sustain it. Freedom of Information Day and Sunshine ...

The changes were tucked into Ontario's 2026 budget, which was tabled at the end of March, passed two rounds of debate and ...

Laura Manley is the executive director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. For much of U.S. history, the federal government was the ultimate authority ...

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