03/12/07

Sunshine Week 2007

Sunshine Week legislation



By The Associated Press

The House has scheduled votes this week on open-government bills. They would:

-- Require organizations established for the purpose of raising funds for presidential libraries to disclose the sources of contributions of $200 or more.

-- Make it harder for current and former presidents to withhold presidential records.

-- Reverse a Bush administration directive by restoring the presumption that agencies should release records to the public when allowed by law and when an agency cannot reasonably foresee that the disclosure would cause harm.

-- Require government agencies to disclose the reasons for awarding no-bid contracts.

-- Provide whistle-blower protection to workers who regularly handle classified information, including private contractors and scientists.

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Source: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, http://www.oversight.house.gov