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Congressional Debate on Secrecy and Security - 2013

• Preserving American Access to Information Act (S.1464), by Sen. Shaheen and Sen. Risch, August 1
• Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 (S.1452), by Sen. Franken, et al, August 1
• DHS May Receive $30 million increase in FY 2014 for safeguarding and sharing classified information, July 18
• Report on the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act, House Report 113-155, July 16
• A Bill to Require Preservation of Certain Electronic Records (HR 1234), by Rep. Cummings, March 18
• A Bill to Amend the Freedom of Information Act (HR 1211), by Reps. Issa and Cummings, March 15
• Addressing Transparency in the Federal Bureaucracy: Moving Toward a More Open Government, hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, March 13
• We the People: Fulfilling the Promise of Open Government Five Years After the Open Government Act, hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, March 13
  • Statement of Melanie Pustay, Department of Justice
  • Statement of Miriam Nisbet, Office of Government Information Services
  • Statement of Sean Moulton, Center for Effective Government
  • Statement of Kevin M. Goldberg, Sunshine in Government Initiative
  • Statement of Thomas Blanton, National Security Archive
• House Oversight Committee Questions Justice Department on FOIA Policy, letter from Reps. Darrell Issa and Elijah Cummings, February 4 (reply from DoJ, June 10, 2013)

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