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Two groups announced Monday that they have settled a 2007 lawsuit against the government over millions of missing e-mail messages that were sent during the Bush administration, USA Todayreported.
The FBI released documents under court order Friday that show former vice president Dick Cheney's recollection is fuzzy on his involvement in the exposure of an undercover CIA operative in the months leading up to the beginning of the Iraq war, the Washington Post reported.
At a hearing today on Capitol Hill, members of Congress focused on the increasing need for the National Archives and Records Administration to have a leader who understands electronic records management and declassification of records.
The Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the Archives. Several leaders in the open government community testified. Acting Archivist Adrienne Thomas herself declined the committee’s invitation to testify.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a pair of bills aimed at transparency in the White House -- particularly for presidents gearing up to exit it, The Associated Press reported.
An essay by Washington Monthly editor Charles Homans examines the remaining secrets of the Bush administration – the truth beneath the decisions to go to war in Iraq, to torture captives and to wiretap phone conversations in the name of catching terrorists.
A federal judge ordered the National Archives to undergo questioning by a group seeking the release of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s telephone logs during her years as first lady.
U.S. District Judge James Robertson granted Judicial Watch’s request to explore why the archives processes some requests before others.
The National Archives announced today that it plans to release all of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s schedules from her time in the White House on Wednesday.
"Arranged chronologically, these records document in detail the activities of the First Lady, including meetings, trips, speaking engagements and social activities for the eight years of the Clinton Administration,” the archives said in a statement.
A non-profit organization filed a motion in federal court Thursday, stating that the Bush administration made false and contradictory statements in court about the White House e-mail controversy.
