Gov't under fire for limiting freedom of press, favoring state...

Obama believes need to maintain a balance between freedom of press & that there is no leak to any information that threatens national security.

The state's open government law doesn't apply to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, his office says, elaborating on responses to requests for public records connected with a company whose CEO gave $35,000 in gifts to Cuccinelli and Gov. Bob McDonnell.

(The Knoxville News-Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- It has been four years since FreedomFest drew crowds to the Alcoa Duck Pond. On June 29, the fireworks and the Fourth of July fun return, officials said. While the ...

The document was turned over to the ACLU in response to the civil liberties group's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the government late on Monday evening along with numerous others, including previously undisclosed Justice Department ...

Initiating in the Azerbaijani legislation a criminal liability for slander, disseminated in online information resources, is not limitation of the freedom of thought, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and Information ...

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it's legal for a state to limit use of its Freedom of Information Act to its own residents. The court unanimously upheld a federal appeals court decision validating Virginia's limitation of its FOIA law to state citizens ...

The Obama administration answered more requests from the public to see government records under the Freedom of Information Act last year, but more often than it ever has it cited legal exceptions to censor or withhold the material, according to a new analysis ...

Charter Approves of Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013 [Manufacturing Close - Up] ProQuest Information & Learning Charter Communications, on May 15, voiced its support for Senator John McCain's Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013, which ...

The signal from the Palace then was crystal clear: not to allow the FOI bill see the light of day. Today, there appears to be no policy shift. The FOI bill's future is uncertain. Is President Aquino afraid of the Freedom of information (FOI) Act? ...