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Right to know
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Bill blocks funding of consumer safety database
The 2012 spending bill approved today by the House Financial Services and General Government appropriations subcommittee would prohibit the Consumer…
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AHCJ gets contact list of senior HHS media officials
AHCJ now has an up-to-date list of the senior media officials at each division of the U.S. Department of Health…
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Effort to make Medicare data public advances
The Dow Jones Company’s efforts to make Medicare data public took a step forward yesterday with a U.S. magistrate recommending…
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Officials, reporters offer conflicting advice on getting public documents
By Michelle Rupe Eubanks For AHCJ The fight by journalists to obtain public documents isn’t likely to get any easier,…
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AHCJ joins objections to proposed cuts to federal transparency websites
All eyes are on the federal budget negotiations today, with most attention focused on whether or not an impasse will…
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Presidents of AHCJ, SPJ call for more openness from Obama administration
The presidents of the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists published an op-ed in The…
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Survey: Only half of federal agencies have better FOI procedures
A report from the Knight Open Government Survey found that, despite some progress, federal agencies are only halfway there when…
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FOI blog to follow throughout the year
Long after Sunshine Week has passed us by we recommend keeping an eye on the Art of Access blog (RSS…
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AHCJ leaders hold series of media access meetings with government officials
AHCJ representatives held a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., last week to press for government openness at the state…
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Senators join fight to open Medicare claims data
Two senators have joined the effort to open up the Medicare claims database that reveals what payments doctors get through…