All posts tagged The Foilies: Recognizing the Worst in Government Transparency

Favorite Recognize the Worst in Government Transparency  Co-written by MuckRock’s Michael Morisy, Dillon Bergin, and Kelly Kauffman The public’s right to access government information is constantly under siege across the United States, from both sides of the political aisle. In Maryland, where Democrats hold majorities, the attorney general and state legislature are pushing a bill…

Favorite A look back at the games governments played to avoid transparency In the year 2015, we witnessed the launch of OpenAI, a debate over the color of a dress going viral, and a Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have the right to get married. It was also the year that the Electronic Frontier…

Favorite Recognizing the worst in government transparency. The Foilies are co-written by EFF and MuckRock and published in alternative newspapers around the country through a partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.  We’re taught in school about checks and balances between the various branches of government, but those lessons tend to leave out the role…

Favorite Recognizing the worst in government transparency. The Foilies are co-written by EFF and MuckRock News and published in alternative newspapers around the country through a partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.  It seems like these days, everyone is finding classified documents in places they shouldn’t be: their homes, their offices, their storage lockers,…