Senate Passes Farm Bill without Dangerous FOIA Provision
On June 10, the Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill without a dangerous provision that would have completely cut off public access to information about the location of livestock operations.read...
View ArticleThe Farm Bill—and Its Strike at FOIA—Fail. For Now
We previously sounded the alarm on attempts to add amendments to the Senate’s Farm Bill undermining the Freedom of Information Act. The Senate’s version passed without the dangerous amendments.read more
View ArticleMultiple Efforts to Bar Access to Ag Info Sprouting on Capitol Hill
Recently we wrote about a successful effort to keep a provision out of the Senate-passed Farm Bill that would have barred the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from releasing information about farm...
View ArticleFarm Bill Poses Threat to Right to Know
On November 6, more than 40 organizations joined OpenTheGovernment.org in urging members of the conference committee on the Farm Bill not to include language that cuts off public access to a broad...
View ArticleCybersecurity Bill to Be Marked Up Includes New FOIA Exemption & Tie to...
A cybersecurity bill from the leadership of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) is scheduled for markup on Thursday.read more
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