Administration favored requests from left-wing groups
FLASHBACK: Obama FCC favored FOIA requests by Dems and left-wing groups over conservatives
Saudi Arabia threatens to ban Skype unless it can spy on users
Saudi made a similar move to rein in Blackberry’s messaging service several years ago
Activists ask Skype, Microsoft to issue government transparency report - TheDC
Google, Twitter and Sonic.net release similar reports twice a year
Twitter: US authorities demand more info than all other world governments combined - TheDC
American authorities demand more user info than all of the world’s other governments combined
FCC shows pattern of stonewalling transparency requests - Free Beacon
The FCC’s FOIA problems are only part of a larger trend in the Obama administration
SEIU quietly partners with Occupy movement, raises nationwide hell - TheDC
Secretive network of 10 front groups join with occupiers to pressure businesses, politicians
Glowing White House transparency report omits first 8 months, skews story - TheDC
Conflicting data cast doubt on report’s conclusions
A Super Congress requires super transparency
There is no tower high enough to keep special interest lobbyists away from committee members.
Nine questions that President Obama can't answer
What to ask Obama at Wednesday’s Twitter town hall.
Obama's transparency pledges come under the GOP's microscope - TheDC
Republicans are fuming about what they call the ‘woefully inadequate’ document releases
Good-government watchdogs or lapdogs?
President Obama’s new executive order will politicize the federal contracting process. Why aren’t the good-government watchdogs complaining?
Obama award for 'deep commitment' to transparency postponed - TheDC
White House delays award praising the president for transparency, cites unspecified ‘changes to the president’s schedule’
Where's the transparency Obama promised?
Obama touts “transparency” in his speeches, but he doesn’t practice what he preaches.
California releases new local-government salary database - LAT
Users can search for the salary, pension benefits and other compensation for more than 594,000 city and county employees throughout California
Why tell-all books are harmful
When the president’s advisors hold back because they’re afraid that their advice will be leaked to the public, everyone loses.
Censorship, as defined by Google - TechCrunch
Google issues ‘transparency report,’ equates countries that block access to site as censorship
Gates Foundation acknowledges flaws - AP
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has taken another baby step toward increased transparency, acknowledging in its annual report that the world’s largest charitable foundation is too secretive and hard to work with
Haley under fire over late taxes - AP
Gubernatorial nominee and former accountant hasn’t paid taxes on time since 2003
How much transparency can we handle?
The journalists who described plans to coordinate unjustified charges of racism against selected conservatives need to be held accountable
Citizens United may dodge attempts to muzzle them - The Daily Caller
FEC ruling may exempt Citizens United from the DISCLOSE Act designed to curb effects of Supreme Court ruling
