Navigating the often intimidating process of filing and appealing a federal Freedom of Information Act request is the focus of…

An Alaska Supreme Court decision makes private e-mail messages containing government business subject to the state Public Records Act but…

Update, Oct. 23: Kiriakou pleaded guilty today to one count of disclosing information identifying a covert agent and will likely…

Members of the nation’s highest military court questioned Wednesday whether they have the authority to decide a legal challenge to…

An Occupy Wall Street protester is challenging a court’s decision requiring his tweets to be handed over to New York…

A Michigan family court judge yesterday denied a motion to seal records in a high-profile civil lawsuit without hearing arguments…

Documentary filmmakers are fighting a subpoena that would require them to hand over outtakes and notes, claiming that they are…

The following individuals have previously served on the RCFP Steering Committee. The founding Steering Committee members are marked with an…

A federal court Sunday upheld a fine against a campaign consultant who anonymously produced a controversial political website that violated…

Thank you, Gracia. And thanks to the Reporters Committee board (especially USA TODAY editorial board member Saundra Torrey),  -to former…