Many issues fall under the umbrella of Open Government, including
increased access to research and nonclassified government records,
protections for government whistleblowers, and government oversight.
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Current Legislation
Issue Briefs and Reports
Formal Statements
- Letter to House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, "To urge you to open the markup of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), HR 624, scheduled for the week of April 8th" (04/03/13)
- Letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Committee on House Administration, "In support of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act" (03/12/13)
- Letter to Reps. Leonard Lance and Mike Quigley, "To express our support for the Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act" (03/1/13)
- Letter to Senator Ron Wyden "To thank you for introducing “The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act” (FASTR)" (02/25/13)
- Letter to Congress, "To
urge completion of the landmark, decades-long legislative effort to
restore credible whistleblower rights for federal employees" (08/17/12)
- Letter to Department of Labor, "To urge the Department of Labor to re-post documents online related to recent proposed rules" (05/23/12)
- Letter to Rep. Paul Braun, "In
support of the testimony of Stuart Shieber, Director of the Office for
Scholarly Communication at Harvard University, regarding the Federal
Research Public Access Act, H.R. 4004" (03/29/12)
- Letter to President Obama, "To urge greater the transparency of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement negotiating process" (02/28/12)
- Letter to Sen. John Cornyn,"In support of The Federal Research Public Access Act. S. 2096" (02/14/12)
- Letter to Rep. Michael Doyle, "In support of The Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 4004" (02/14/12)
- Letter to House Oversight Committee, "To express opposition to the Research Works Act, H.R. 3699" (01/24/12)
- Statement, "Statement
of organizations and individuals interested in improving openness and
accountability on "Incorporation by Reference in Federal Regulations"" (12/07/11)
- Letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Leadership, "In support of the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011, H.R. 3071" (11/02/11)
- Statement, "In support of the EPA's release of the Library Network Strategic Plan" (06/23/11)
- Letter to House Oversight and Administration Committees Leadership, "In support of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act" (05/10/11)
- Letter to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Leadership, "To
ask them to reintroduce legislation to authorize and promote the public
distribution of reports that are published by the Congressional
Research Service (CRS)" (04/05/11)
- Letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Leadership, "To
ask them to reintroduce legislation to authorize and promote the public
distribution of reports that are published by the Congressional
Research Service (CRS)" (04/05/11)
- Letter to Sen. Ben Nelson, "To ask him to remove the statutory obstacle to authorized distribution of non-confidential CRS reports" (04/05/11)
- Letter to Sen. John Hoeven, "To ask him to remove the statutory obstacle to authorized distribution of non-confidential CRS reports" (04/05/11)
- Letter to Rep. Mike Honda, "To ask him to remove the statutory obstacle to authorized distribution of non-confidential CRS reports" (04/05/11)
- Letter to Rep. Ander Crenshaw, "To ask him to remove the statutory obstacle to authorized distribution of non-confidential CRS reports" (04/05/11)
- Letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, "To urge her to consider holding hearings on the EPA library network" (04/04/11)
- Letter to Librarian of Congress Dr. James Billington, "To
urge Dr. James Billington to appoint a Director of the Congressional
Research Service (CRS) who will work with Congress to provide online
free public access to CRS reports" (02/25/11)
Miscellaneous