S.2488 - OPEN Government Act of 2007

A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. view all titles (9)

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  • Short: OPEN Government Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: OPEN Government Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: OPEN Government Act of 2007 as enacted.
  • Short: Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 as enacted.
  • Official: A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: OPEN Government Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 as introduced.

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01/24/08
White House Signals Intent To Stri...

... the President signed the Leahy-Cornyn "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act" (the "OPEN Government Act"), S...

Source: All American Patriots (press release), Sweden
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01/10/08
Gazette Opinion: A victory for ope...

The Open Government Act of 2007 (S. 2488) was written to reverse those trends by strengthening provisions for public access and governmen...

Source: Billings Gazette,  USA
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01/02/08
Editorial: The public's right to k...

Bush signed the OPEN Government Act of 2007 (S. 2488) on New Year's Eve. Moss' original Freedom of Information Act was supposed to make g...

Source: Sacramento Bee,  USA
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01/02/08
President Bush signs FOIA reforms

On New Year’s Eve, the President signed the OPEN Government Act of 2007 (S. 2488) into law despite having tried previously to prevent suc...

Source: Project on Government Oversight, DC
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12/30/07
President Bush Signs S. 2488 into Law

S. 2488, the "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007," which amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...

Source: Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC
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12/28/07
Senate meets briefly to block Bush

So, Reid decided to keep the Senate in session with pro forma meetings every two or three days. The Freedom of Information Act bill is S....

Source: Chandler News-Dispatch, MN
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12/26/07
Senate meets briefly to block Bush

So, Reid decided to keep the Senate in session with pro forma meetings every two or three days. The Freedom of Information Act bill is S....

Source: White Rock Reviewer, SD
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12/25/07
Senate Meets Briefly to Block Bush

... keep the Senate in session with pro forma meetings every two or three days. ___ The gun bill is HR 2640. The Freedom of Information A...

Source: The Associated Press
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12/25/07
Changes in Freedom of Information ...

... received a boost with unanimous passage of a measure to strengthen the federal Freedom of Information Act. The Senate passed S. 2488 ...

Source: Bloomington Pantagraph,  USA
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12/22/07
Congress passes Freedom of Informa...

The House of Representatives at 5:18 pm today unanimously passed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reform bill (S. 2488) that passed ...

Source: Spero News
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11/02/08
Open Question: is anyone out there...

These include: The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law) The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Convention...

Source: darfur
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11/01/08
My hometown paper endorses McCain ...

S.2488 OPEN Government Act of 2007 S. 2803 Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 S. 707 PREEMIE Act S. 906: Mercury Mar...

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09/29/08
The Posterity Project: Secrecy rep...

S. 2488: OPEN Government Act of 2007; H.R. 6576: Reducing Information Control Designations Act; H.R. 6193: Improving Public Access to Doc...

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07/19/08
freelabs @ sbarrax.it » links for...

OpenCongress - S.2488 OPEN Government Act of 2007. (tags: FOIA usa law act opencongress congress). periodic table of the internet {1642×...

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04/13/08
Revised FOIA Bill Becomes Law | In...

The Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National (OPEN) Government Act (S. 2488) was introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Joh...

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03/31/08
Human Rights News

... who just a few weeks ago weakened FOIA by refusing to fund the FOIA ombudsman role he approved in last year’s S. 2488, the Open Gov...

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03/27/08
RCFP: Next stop the White House: C...

We are on the cusp of possibly seeing significant improvement to the Freedom of Information Act. On Friday, the Senate passed S. 2488, a ...

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03/17/08
SignOnSanDiego > Weblogs > U-T Opi...

S.2488: A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United State...

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03/17/08
PolicyBeta - Blog Archive - Sunshi...

The OPEN Government Act (S. 2488) was signed into law on December 31, 2007 as Public Law No. 110-175. CDT’s Vice President Ari Schwartz...

Source: PolicyBeta
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03/16/08
Desperately Seeking Sunshine | Pri...

... who just a few weeks ago weakened FOIA by refusing to fund the FOIA ombudsman role he approved in last year's S. 2488, the Open Gover...

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