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DoJ reduces FOIA backlog by 26 percent
The Department of Justice has decreased its backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests and processed a record number of requests.
Tags: Melanie Pustay , DoJ , FOIA , Federal Drive , technology
Rep. Lungren: XML standards to increase document transparency
Every House document will go into a new website. The goal is to make them more accessible to the public. The legislation will be posted using Extensible Markup Language, or XML. That will make what's in a bill easier to find, and the bills themselves more visible to search engines.
Tags: Dan Lungren , Congress , XML , technology , Federal Drive , transparency ,
Bill takes federal plain language requirements a step further
Agencies already are under the gun to put their public communications into plain language. A congressman behind the original effort now wants to get rid of government jargon in federal regulations.
Tags: Congress , OMB , Plain Language Act , OIRA , Cass Sunstein , management , Bruce Braley , regulations , rulemaking , Jared Serbu
An IT, acquisition review/preview
Federal News Radio's Jason Miller offers his top stories of 2011 and predictions for 2012.
Tags: technology , acquisition , 2011 and Beyond , Jason Miller , Dan Gordon , cybersecurity , acquisition workforce , shared services , cloud computing , mobile , HSPD-12 , identity management , NSTIC , E-Government Fund
FCC's personalized dashboard targets 'power users'
The Federal Communications Commission launched a website this month that allows users to create a personalized dashboard to more easily access information.
Tags: David Robbins , FCC , Steven VanRoekel , MyFCC , dashboard , technology , Mike Reich , Seabourne , government 2.0 , Federal Computer Week
E-gov fund gets boost in spending bill
The latest version of the minibus spending bill for fiscal 2012 includes a $4.4 million increase for the E-Government Fund.
Tags: OMB , budget , Congress , House , E-Government Fund , Gavin Baker , OMB Watch , GSA , A-76 , House Appropriations Committee , Jason Miller
Sunlight reviews open government directive
John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation talks about his organization's review of the Open Government Directive. How well have agencies complied with mandate?
Tags: John Wonderich , Sunlight Foundation , HHS , NASA , Department of Transportation , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , government 2.0
Data.gov goes global
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel explains the new worldwide transparency drive called the Open Government Partnership.
Tags: Steven Van Roekel , Data.gov , transparency , Federal Drive , India , technology
DoJ's updated FOIA policy emphasizes customer service
The updated FOIA policy states the department must advise the FOIA requester that a their request has been referred and provide the name of the agency to the requester with that agency's FOIA contact.
Tags: FOIA , DoJ , transparency , Jolie Lee
DoJ criticized over proposed FOIA regulation
The Justice Department is being criticized by open government groups for proposing a regulation that would in rare instances allow federal law enforcement agencies to tell people seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act that the government has no records on a subject, when it actually does.
Tags: DoJ , ACLU , FOIA , CREW
