Congress

President Bush's top advisers signaled last week they would urge him to veto a reporter's shield bill, according to The Associated Press.

Four prominent Bush administration officials sent letters this week to Senate leadership speaking out against the proposed Free Flow of Information Act, a bill that would provide journalists protection from federal subpoenas.

Rebuffed by the Department of Justice after pushing for contempt charges to be brought against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, House Democrats filed a federal lawsuit today in a renewed attempt to force Bolten and Miers to testify before Congress.

When it comes to one of the more bizarre FOIA b(6) redactions you'll ever see, a picture will speak much more effectively than words for this post:  have a look at the photo in this CNN.com article.

Congress is pressing NASA to release the results of a 2006 survey on improving aviation safety.

The White House has declared war on the new Office of Government Information Services -- popularly known as the office of the "ombudsman" -- that was created through the Freedom of Information Act reform bill signed into law by President Bush on Dec. 31.

We are on the cusp of possibly seeing significant improvement to the Freedom of Information Act. On Friday, the Senate passed S. 2488, a revised version of the OPEN Government Act that included portions of the House’s own FOIA reform bill passed back in March.

U.S. Senate leaders put forth a new version of a bill Tuesday aimed at reforming the Freedom of Information Act with the goal of getting it signed by the President before the year's end.

The revised bill mandates the reimbursement of attorneys' fees under certain circumstances for successful FOIA requestors in a manner the bill's sponsors hope will satisfy House "pay-as-you-go" rules.  

In federal courts and on Capitol Hill, challenges are brewing to a key legal strategy President Bush is using to protect a secret surveillance program that monitors phone calls and e-mails inside the United States, The Associated Press reports. Under grilling from lawmakers and attack by lawsuits alleging Bush authorized the illegal wiretapping of Americans, the White House has invoked a legal defense known as the ''state secrets'' doctrine