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FLASHBACK: Obama FCC favored FOIA requests by Dems and left-wing groups over conservatives

| Josh Peterson
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Administration favored requests from left-wing groups

Saudi Arabia threatens to ban Skype unless it can spy on users

| Josh Peterson
Skype

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

| Josh Peterson
Skype

Google, Twitter and Sonic.net release similar reports twice a year

Twitter: US authorities demand more info than all other world governments combined - TheDC

| Ryan Lovelace
Twitter

American authorities demand more user info than all of the world’s other governments combined

FCC shows pattern of stonewalling transparency requests - Free Beacon

| Josh Peterson
FCC

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

| Richard Pollock
Fist Graffiti

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

| Vishal Ganesan

Conflicting data cast doubt on report’s conclusions

A Super Congress requires super transparency

| Danielle Brian

There is no tower high enough to keep special interest lobbyists away from committee members.

Nine questions that President Obama can't answer

| Matt Mackowiak

What to ask Obama at Wednesday’s Twitter town hall.

Obama's transparency pledges come under the GOP's microscope - TheDC

| Jonathan Strong

Republicans are fuming about what they call the ‘woefully inadequate’ document releases

Good-government watchdogs or lapdogs?

| Rick Manning

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

| Steven Nelson

White House delays award praising the president for transparency, cites unspecified ‘changes to the president’s schedule’

Where's the transparency Obama promised?

| David Bossie

Obama touts “transparency” in his speeches, but he doesn’t practice what he preaches.

California releases new local-government salary database - LAT

| Chad Brady (admin)

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

| Charles Blahous

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

| interns

Google issues ‘transparency report,’ equates countries that block access to site as censorship

Gates Foundation acknowledges flaws - AP

| admin

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

| interns

Gubernatorial nominee and former accountant hasn’t paid taxes on time since 2003

How much transparency can we handle?

| Rob Bennett

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

| Kyle Peterson

FEC ruling may exempt Citizens United from the DISCLOSE Act designed to curb effects of Supreme Court ruling