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News Roundup: Sunshine Week Draws to a Close
As Sunshine Week ends, examples of the Trump administration’s attempts to avoid accountability and to prevent government documents from seeing the light of day continue to pile up.
Three Ways to Fix the Freedom of Information Act
Agency resistance and excessive delays have increasingly undermined FOIA’s ultimate purpose of encouraging greater transparency. Here are three ways it can be strengthened.
Two Years of American Oversight
American Oversight opened its doors two years ago today to hold the Trump administration accountable. See what we've uncovered through FOIA, litigation, and investigations into corruption in the administration.
Investigating the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Sell Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia
American Oversight has filed FOIA requests across the administration to find out more about Trump administration appointees' push to sell U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
New Lawsuit Seeks Records Related to Acting Secretary Bernhardt’s Lobbying Ties
American Oversight is suing for records of Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's contact with former oil and gas industry clients as well as his compliance with ethics requirements.
