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Open Government
On April 15, the new Open the Government coalition launched its campaign
to combat growing government secrecy at a press conference where its “Ten
Most Wanted Government Documents of 2004” survey report was released.
Human Rights First is one of 33 organizations that are founding members
of the new coalition, which will focus on freedom of information issues,
classification and declassification policy, and a range of other secrecy
matters. Other participating groups include the Federation of American
Scientists, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, OMB Watch, National
Security Archive, People for the American Way, American Library Association,
Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for American Progress, and
Common Cause.
Additional information on the
new coalition is available at its website
On April 28, Human Rights First Senior Counsel Eric Biel will join John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, and historian Richard Gid Powers on a panel on Secrecy in Government at the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan. The program is in honor of the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a champion of more open government and sharp critic of secrecy, for whom Biel worked on the issue from 1995-97 as Director of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy.