We Really Don’t Know How Dangerous Fracking Is
Roy Hales
ECOReport
April 29, 2015

Top regulator can’t afford to improve safety for meatpackers
Lydia DePillis
Wonkblog
The Washington Post
April 28, 2015

Chemical Dangers May Face Wisconsin's First Responders
Tim Morrissey
Public News Service – Wisconsin
April 27, 2015

Conservatives complain about regulatory delays, yet vote for roadblocks
Op-ed
Katherine McFate, Center for Effective Government, and Robert Weissman, Public Citizen
The Hill
April 21, 2015

Two Years After West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion, Are Workers Any Safer? New Report Says No
Elizabeth Grossman
In These Times
April 17, 2015

A Disaster Waiting to Happen?
Mary Kuhlman
Public News Service – Illinois
April 17, 2015

Chemical Dangers: Report Finds Indiana First Responders May Be in Dark
Mary Kuhlman
Public News Service – Indiana
April 17, 2015

Chemical Hazards in Our Backyards: Has Much Changed Since West, Texas?
Sandy Smith
EHS Today
April 16, 2015

The Estate Tax
featuring Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government
KBOO 90.7 FM – Portland, OR
April 15, 2015

Tax Day 2015: U.S. House considers estate tax repeal
featuring Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government
Free Speech Radio News
April 15, 2015

How corporate tax loopholes compromise our future
Op-ed
Donald Simonson, Emeritus professor of Finance, University of New Mexico
Los Alamos Monitor
April 14, 2015

From Class to Caste: How Congress Is Set to Accelerate Inequality by Repealing the Estate Tax
Op-ed
Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government
Common Dreams
April 14, 2015

As Predictable as 'Death and Taxes,' GOP Pushes Billionaire Estate Tax Cut
Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
April 13, 2015

Glass Lewis urges Citibank shareholders to reject executive compensation plan
Zach Warren
Inside Counsel
April 9, 2015

Stop this egregious injustice: Why a bipartisan tax holiday is just another corporate handout
Elias Isquith
Salon
April 8, 2015

Burning Our Bridges
Commentary
Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies, and Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government
Moyers & Company
April 6, 2015

Corporate Tax Dodgers and Our Nation's Infrastructure
Michael Haskins and Mario Murillo
The Morning Show
WBAI 99.5 FM – New York
April 3, 2015

Government should enhance U.S. Postal Service operation
Letter to the Editor
William Dauenhauer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
April 3, 2015

Refreshed USASpending Website Irks Some Transparency Advocates
Charles Clark
Government Executive
April 3, 2015

Watchdog group says the workers' comp system is broken. What's your view?
Safety.BLR
April 3, 2015

Here's What Could Be Fixed by the Taxes on Apple's Offshored Profits
Julia Lurie
Mother Jones
April 2, 2015

Burning Our Bridges, Part II
The Rick Smith Show
April 2, 2015

How to tax $2.1 trillion in offshore profits?
Aimee Picchi
Moneywatch
CBS News
April 1, 2015

Pols keep giving corporate tax dodgers a free pass
Aaron Task
Yahoo! Finance
April 1, 2015

More on the Obama Administration’s Track Record on Government Openness
Commentary
Rick Cohen
Nonprofit Quarterly
April 1, 2015

Burning Our Bridges
The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen
WNHN 94.7 FM – Concord, NH
April 1, 2015

Burning Our Bridges, Part I
The Rick Smith Show
April 1, 2015

Censor-in-Chief
Editorial
Littleton Record
April 1, 2015

Burning Our Bridges: Failing Infrastrutcure in the Age of Corporate Tax-Dodging
Commentary
Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies, and Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government
Common Dreams
April 1, 2015

Sunshine Week 2015: Open Government Is Good Government
Barbie Keiser
Information Today
March 31, 2015

Government Secrets Bared!
Camilla Nawaz
DorobekINSIDER
GovLoop
March 31, 2015

Access denied: Reporters say federal officials, data increasingly off limits
Paul Farhi
The Washington Post
March 30, 2015

Dave Brat says Obama has issued 468,500 pages of regulations: Mostly False
Sean Gorman
Richmond Times-Dispatch/PolitiFact Virginia
March 30, 2015

Will Obama Finally Order Corporations With Federal Contracts To Reveal Their Political Spending?
Steven Rosenfeld
Alternet
March 27, 2015

Government opacity hindering democracy
Editorial
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times
March 26, 2015

FOIA Compliance Grades Still Mainly Fair to Poor
Federal Manager's Daily Report
FEDWeek
March 25, 2015

The Freedom of Information Act
Flashpoints
Pacifica Radio
KPFA 94.1 FM – Berkeley
March 24, 2015

USPS bank offers service for underserved groups
Op-ed
Glen Chandler, National Association of Letter Carriers, Merged Branch 18 Southeastern Massachusetts
New Bedford Standard-Times
March 24, 2015

Hazardous work takes toll on Latinos
Op-ed
Rafael Moure-Eraso
Houston Chronicle
March 20, 2015

Federal agencies receive low grades on providing info
Editorial
The Des Moines Register
March 20, 2015

White House office exempted from requests
Albuquerque Journal
March 19, 2015

A Sunshine Week surprise: White House exempts executive office from records requests
Josh Hicks
The Federal Eye
The Washington Post
March 18, 2015

Is the EPA having a transparency crisis?
Siri Srinivas
The Guardian
March 18, 2015

Sunshine Week: What can the government do to be more transparent for you?
Josh Hicks
The Federal Eye
The Washington Post
March 17, 2015

White House is again refusing transparency, groups charge
Anita Kumar and Lesley Clark
McClatchy Newspapers
March 17, 2015

Gas leak could have been major disaster for Chattanooga
Editorial
Chattanooga Free Times Press
March 17, 2015

Federal agencies stiff-arm FOIA requests
Editorial
USA Today
March 16, 2015

Beyond emailgate
Editorial
The Toledo Blade
March 16, 2015

Secrecy still too prevalent
Editorial
Omaha World-Herald
March 16, 2015

Government secrecy fogs the sunshine
Commentary
Edward Fitzpatrick
Providence Journal
March 16, 2015

Uneven State Rules And Trade Secrets Fuel Fracking Debate
Jessica Morrison
Chemical and Engineering News
March 16, 2015

Transparency Advocates Launch Sunshine Week with Mixed Reviews for Obama
Charles Clark
Government Executive
March 16, 2015

DOJ rolls out new FOIA training tools
Ryan McDermott
FierceGovernment
March 16, 2015

Why customs officials struggle to fulfill Obama’s open-government promise
Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
The Washington Post
March 13, 2015

New DoJ training reinforces the shared responsibility of FOIA
Jason Miller
Federal News Radio
March 13, 2015

State Department Gets an 'F' in Handling Information Requests, Watchdog Group Says
Taylor Tyler
Headlines and Global News
March 12, 2015

AP sues State Department for access to Hillary Clinton records
The Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
March 11, 2015

AP sues for Hillary Clinton e-mails: Did she break the law?
Cristina Maza
The Christian Science Monitor
March 11, 2015

The Media’s Rage at the State Department Long Predates Emailpocalypse
Jaime Fuller
New York Magazine
March 11, 2015

State Department One of Worst Agencies When It Comes to Freedom of Information Act
Kevin Gosztola
Firedoglake
March 11, 2015

Federal agencies still don’t pass FOIA test
Ed Zuckerman
Attn: News Desk
Talk Radio News Service
March 11, 2015

Report: Agencies receive low grades for FOIA compliance
Ryan McDermott
FierceGovernment
March 11, 2015

Non-Profits Question Money-Laundering Risk in Foreign Purchase of U.S. Property
Phil Hall
National Mortgage Professional Magazine
March 11, 2015

Report: Clinton State Dept one of least transparent agencies
Chris Moody
CNN
March 10, 2015

Report: State Department Handling of Public Records Requests 'Atrocious'
Jason Bellini
Wall Street Journal
March 10, 2015

The worst agency on transparency during Hillary Clinton’s last two years at State? State.
Philip Bump
The Fix
The Washington Post
March 10, 2015

Group gives State Department 'F' on FOIA processing
Josh Gerstein
POLITICO
March 10, 2015

What Hillary Clinton and the State Department Didn’t Say About Her Emails
Jason Leopold
VICE News
March 10, 2015

State Department worst of all agencies at answering FOIAs, study shows
Sarah Westwood
Washington Examiner
March 10, 2015

Agencies fail to make the grade on FOIA requests
Michael O'Connell
Federal News Radio
March 10, 2015

Which Agencies Are Best At Responding to FOIA Requests?
Charles Clark
Government Executive
March 10, 2015

FOIA report card shows federal agencies missing the mark
Federal Computer Week
March 10, 2015

Hillary's E-Mails May Cost Taxpayers Millions
Josh Rogin and Eli Lake
Bloomberg News
March 10, 2015

Walmart Workers to Earn $10 an Hour; Walmart Heirs "Earn" $445,776 an Hour
Op-ed
Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government
Common Dreams
March 5, 2015

Clinton's E-Mails Mock Transparency Campaign
Josh Rogin and Eli Lake
Bloomberg News
March 5, 2015

What We Lose with a Privatized Postal Service
Op-ed
Katherine McFate, Center for Effective Government
OtherWords
March 4, 2015

The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Bill to Curb Regulations Introduced in House
Bradford T. Hammock, Henry Chajet, and Mark Savit
The National Law Review
February 26, 2015

La Porte plant typified DuPont's ills
Mark Collette and Lise Olsen
The Houston Chronicle
February 21, 2015

Wyoming to require more fracking chemical disclosure
ISHN
February 20, 2015

Fayette incident comes amid huge jump in oil-train accidents
Ken Ward, Jr.
The Charleston Gazette
February 18, 2015

Congress Reviews NLRB Quickie Election Rule
Howard M. Bloom and Philip B. Rosen
The National Law Review
February 11, 2015

Republican bill could give Congress veto power over executive regulations
Sarah Westwood
Washington Examiner
February 10, 2015

House votes to give small businesses more input on federal regulations
Kent Hoover
The Business Journals
February 5, 2015

Pressure still on U.S. to help with bridge plaza
Todd Spangler
Detroit Free Press
February 4, 2015

The President's Four Trillion Dollar Budget
featuring Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
February 2, 2015

Harper's Index
Harper's Magazine
February 2015

Congress Revives Gingrich-Era Law To Thwart Obama
Zach Carter
The Huffington Post
January 31, 2015

A victory for fracking transparency
Op-ed
Wayne Lax, Powder River Basin Resource Council
Casper Star Tribune
January 31, 2015

House eyes tighter rules for reporting cost of regs
Lydia Wheeler
The Hill
January 30, 2015

The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
featuring Ronald White, Center for Effective Government
The Rick Smith Show
January 29, 2015

Wyoming Increases Transparency in Fracking Fluid
News Briefs
Boulder Weekly
January 29, 2015

Groundbreaking Settlement Regarding Fracking Disclosure Procedures
Melissa Lyon
Mondaq
January 28, 2015

ASBC asks House to throw out regulatory reform bill
Lydia Wheeler
The Hill
January 27, 2015

Fracking Ingredient "Secrets" to Be Reviewed
Deborah Courson Smith
Public News Service – Wyoming
January 27, 2015

Wyoming, Halliburton agree to greater fracking disclosure
Benjamin Storrow
Casper Star Tribune
January 26, 2015

Wyoming to strengthen fracking chemical disclosure rules
Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal
January 26, 2015

Fracking Settlement Forces More State Oversight
Roger Gray
KGAB 650 AM – Cheyenne
January 26, 2015

Wyoming Will Beef Up Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Law360
January 26, 2015

Fracking Chemical Disclosure Outlined in Wyoming Court Settlement
Richard Nemec
Shale Daily
January 26, 2015

Number of fatal workplace accidents on the rise
Chelsey Levingston
Dayton Daily News
January 23, 2015

Stand and applaud? Or sit and glare?
Op-ed
Gary Fincke, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Susquehanna University
Sunbury Daily Item
January 23, 2015

Republican-Led Congress Opens With Broad Attack On Regulation
Carey Biron
MintPress News
January 23, 2015

New federal budget bill no 'win' for Kentucky
Op-ed
Shelly Biesel, Kentucky Environmental Foundation
Louisville Courier-Journal
January 22, 2015

Who has a vision to win the future?
Editorial
Bennington Banner
January 20, 2015

Keystone pipeline: Foreign profits, American risk
Op-ed
Katherine McFate, Center for Effective Government
The Hill
January 16, 2015

Cities Forge Policy Apart From States
Jenni Bergal
Stateline
January 15, 2015

House Passes Bill To Make Everything Harder And Worse
Ari Phillips
ThinkProgress
January 14, 2015

With Wall Street Holding the Strings, Republican-Controlled Congress Moves to Deregulate Big Banks
Sarah Lazare
Common Dreams
January 14, 2015

House 'Regulatory Accountability Act' Could Hobble FCC
Andrew Berg
Wireless Week
January 14, 2015

House Tries To Stop All New Government Rules
Mike McAuliff
The Huffington Post
January 13, 2015

Dem blasts ‘orgy’ of GOP attacks on Obama regs
Tim Devaney
The Hill
January 12, 2015

Obama waves veto pen at GOP regulations bill
Tim Devaney
The Hill
January 12, 2015

House to vote on bill targeting Obama regs
Tim Devaney
The Hill
January 12, 2015

Nine groups sue U.S. EPA to require reporting of drilling chemicals
Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal
January 7, 2015

Groups sue to force EPA's hand on oil and gas emissions
Jamie Smith Hopkins
Center for Public Integrity
January 7, 2015

Groups sue EPA to force oil, gas industry to disclose toxic chemicals
Mark Passwaters
SNL
January 7, 2015

ATVs, e-cigarettes and ozone: Regulations to watch in 2015
Lydia Wheeler
The Hill
January 2, 2015

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