the spj chapter has been around for seven decades pushing for freedom of information and sunshine with the support of our nation organization the entire time. access to public records is a vital tool for us for journalist to do -- to fulfill their public watch dog role and holding government accountable and exposing government works to light. there's an open mindedness and there's a crucial component of any journalist mindset and that is also an important piece of the sunshine ordinance task force work. our freedom of information committee is vigorous arm for advocacy for transparency, and thorough -- has thorough vetted our two nominates. it took the rules committee over half a year to put their names on the agenda and then at least month's meeting, the committee declined to send those names to the full board of supervisors for approval while approving other candidates who had poor records of attending task force meetings. it's questionable at best. we have two candidates who have outstanding credentials who are extremely qualified and who are committed to the task force. therefore, i

freedom of information process has become a joke. it's shocking because i feel very strongly that the information that they withhold and protect belongs to the public. we own it. there's no sense of that when we ask for it. they cover this as if they're a private corporation, descending their trade secret rather than understanding the information they hold is gathered on our behalf. i have a healthcare.gov freedom of information request. when sued they have to produce material under court order to this organization, that de facto becomes public. i still can't get that. i'm still fighting with them to say, you lost. you have to provide at least the chunks of information you lost in court and to me and those who requested it. they just ignore it. there's no consequence to it unless you file a lawsuit. >> give us an idea how it works. you want to get the information. what do you physically have to do? >> well, usually you call. first you ask them for it. >> who do you ask? >> you call the public affairs people, hhs for example. you say h

. >> an f on transparency and freedom of information. give a my colleague was similar grade whether they're liberal or conservative. the freedom of information process has become a joke. it was already well on its way, prior to the obama administration, but this has perfected the stall, the delay, the excuses, shocking because i feel very strongly that the information that they withhold belongsect many times to the public. we own it. but there's no sense of that it. you ask for they covet it as if they're a private corporation, defending their trade secrets, rather than understanding that what they hold is information that is gathered on our behalf. >> the changing face of network at 8:00.ight now can you keep in touch with current events from the nation's timeal using any phone any with c-span radio on audio now. to a recapay listen of the

the freedom of information process has become a joke. it was already well on its way prior to the obama administration, but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the excuses and really it's shocking because i feel very strongly that the information that they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. we own it. but there's no sense of that when you ask for it. they covet it as if they're a private corporation, defending their trade secrets, rather than understanding that what they hold is information that is gathered on our behalf. >> the changing face of network news, tonight at 8:00. now can you keep in touch with current events from the nation's capital using any phone any time with c-span radio on audio now. every weekday listen to a recap of the day's events at 5:00 p.m. eastern on washington today. you can also hear audio of the five network sunday public affairs programs beginning sundays at noon eastern. c-span radio on audio now call 202-626-8888. long distance or phone charges may apply. >> this ye

first of all, who filed this freedom of information request? i mom thinks lo -- my mom thinks lol means lots of love which is hilarious when you send bad news. america is stumped when they see the acronyms. >> i am a little hurt they didn't ask me. >> they clearly should have. this is a useful guideline tool. somebody in my family will thought thoughtstfu, and we didn't want to say anything. this would avoid that embarrassment. shouldn't the fbi agents be able to figure it out without their kit? i think so, but maybe not. >> thisy have a kit? >> they have a utility belt and an inspector gadget bag. >> can't they go to urban dictionary? >> i would hope so. >> or google. >> you will do this to keep up with your children? if that is what it takes i will be a dead beat dad. i will play catch and listen to the stories, but no acronyms at the dinner table. >> cracking the whip. >> joanne, will you be using the list to help your tweets 1234*. >> no, no, no. i am usually drunk when i tweet so these will get jumbled and then the messages, i will be sayin

the freedom of information processes become a joke. it was well on its way prior to the obama administration, but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the reaction, the excuse. i think the information they find many times launch to the public great but there is no sense of that, they covet it as if they are a private organization disseminating trade secrets. tonight, c-span q&a with sharyl. he was the keynote speaker at this year's iowa democratic convention in des moines. >> please join me in welcoming the governor of the great state of maryland, martin o'malley. >> thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you, iowa. thank you very, very much. i want to begin by thanking you for your indulgence and watching that little introductory video and my apologies to those who thought were you settling in for the next episode of "the wire." [laughter] it's wonderful to be here in des moines, to be with so many grea friends in iowa. i turn to your neighbor and tell them iowa is moving forward. go ahead. do it. turn to your other

and effort on transparency and freedom of information. my colleagues would give a similar grade. the freedom of information process has become a joke. it was already well on its way. this administration has perfected the delay, the retractions, the excuses. really, it is shocking because i feel very strongly that the information they would hold and protect many times. the loss to the public, we own it,. they do this as though they are fading --operation to defending their trade secrets rather than understanding that information that they hold was gathered on our behalf. >> cheryl atkinson on the changing face of network news and her career. sharyl weekend.e to st. louis we'll exploret hour the midwest. explore the old courthouse case.dred scott had his >> it started and ended here. >> we'll learn about one of st. louis's longest standing the immigrants that started it all. >> adam became this father of and introduced a new wave of culture in the city. before the gateway arch was the symbol of the the eads bridge served as the

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another important thing would be a freedom of information act for the u.n. right now getting information out of the u.n., as i said, is worse than pulling teeth. and how do you enforce those? one way to do it is to set up a special tribunal that assuming you keep the immunity in place, which if you can't get rid of the immunity, this is an alternative and is any award made to the tribunal pursuant to the u.n. fraud claims act or u.n. freedom of information act is to reduce any of those awards from the amounts that have been allocated by congress to the u.n. which i think brett recently wrote something saying the direction assessles are $4 billion a year where i think the -- all u.n. is double that at least. that's another aspect. so i can go on. you can ask me to tell war stories and it's hard to shut him up. but i think that sort of gives a general overview of what the problem is. for me, it really is the immunity. and today in the 21st century, there's no reason for the u.n. to -- other international organizations to enjoy an absolute immunity that sort of

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f on transparency in freedom of information. i think my colleagues in journalism would give a similar grade. the freedom of information process has become a joke. it was already well on its way. this administration has stalled and delayed. it is shocking because i feel very strongly that the information they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. there is no sense of that when they ask for it. they cover it as if they are private corporations defending trade secrets. what they hold his information they have gathered on our behalf. attkisson on the changing face of network news and her career on "q&a." >> wall street journal correspondents look at the supreme court decisions from this previous term and the hobby lobby decision. then, the national organization of marriage talks about the defense of marriage act and proposition 8 supreme court rulings. later, detroit news washington bureau chief examines the number of auto recalls this year. and we will take your calls and you can join in the conversation at facebook

was conducting a gigantic set of several lawsuits under the freedom of information act to obtain government records. they put these documents up on a website. i read somewhere in the neighborhood of six hundred eighty thousand pages. one should start getting that many documents it's possible to cross like. the story of the iceman for example. the. economic down in the final. days the deal saying i and the rest because i think he makes you believe it briefly. on merit in the financial world. to see these developments happening not stop it is the only take credit not going to get it in life there are and there are but. i'm happy martin the stories we cover here are not going on here in iraq that are fixed or the internet while same time there's a reason they don't want and do not. want they're trying to raise that we don't think. now let's break the set. the consensus. the opinions that you. choose to stories get in the. access to. that story resides in about fifteen different documents and until you put them all together you can see the extraordinary narrative because this guy was picked up

something, that is something that some of us advocates why interested in the privacy act and the freedom of information act in the sunshine where we believe that in order to keep things holistic, you have to shine a lot of light. it's a disinfectant. you go behind closed doors. and the public is left out. that's not good. i don't want to write about it. we have a case where at 1800 oak dale we have some nurse ry. we have the aspect that you can't tell people to do business on a month to month lease. if you go to a bank they are not going to give you a loan. you need to be compassionate. that's a reminder to people who say they are experts. if you are on a month to month leisure not going to get a loan to run a new business that gives over 50 percent of jobs to minorities. we need to be compassionate. i need you commissioners to have a heart to stand up for what is right. thank you very much. >> thank you. dr. jackson did you want to speak again? >> yes. i wasn't going to speak until he brought up 1800 oak dale. i have been before you many of times about 1800 oak dale, the building, the community colleg

was conducting a gigantic set of several lawsuits under the freedom of information act to obtain government records. they put these documents up on a website. i read somewhere in the neighborhood of six hundred eighty thousand pages. one should start getting that many documents it's possible to cross like. the story of the iceman for example. the old. technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia we've got this huge area covered. on there and the financial world. cannot stop because it only takes. one life there are. the stories we cover here you're not going to hear a new right separate story but i am sure that while there is a reason they don't want to deny all that are important. now let's break the set. that story resides in about fifteen different documents and until you put them all together you can't see the extraordinary narrative because this guy was picked up at his home by navy seals there was a huge fight at his home they took him to a navy seal's base. he was naked it was november he said i feel like i'm going to die and the inter gator said to him you're

on transparency and freedom of information, and i think my colleagues in journalism would get a similar grade whether they are liberal or conservative. the freedom of information process has become a joke but it was already well on its way prior to the obama administration but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the redaction, the excuses. and really it's shocking because i feel very strongly information that they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. we own it but there's no sense of that when you ask for it. they covet it as if you are a private corporation defending their trade secrets rather than understanding that what they hold this information on our behalf. >> investigative reporter should sharyl attkisson on the changing face of network news and her crew sunday night at eight on c-span's q&a. spent you are watching c-span2 2 -- television for serious readers. here are a few of the programs to watch for on booktv this weekend. ..

was conducting a gigantic set of several lawsuits under the freedom of information act to obtain government records. they put these documents up on a website. i read somewhere in the neighborhood of six hundred eighty thousand pages. once you start getting that many documents it's possible to cross like. the story of the iceman for example. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any rights that are fixed or at the same time there's a reason they don't want you to now. now let's break the set. on america and the financial world. cannot stop because it only takes the credit. and life there are. it's. because they picked up. they took him to a navy seal's base. he was naked it was november he said i feel like i'm going to die and the inter gator said to him you're going to wish you were dead the medic watched as they worked him over and something called the romper room. then they took him to abu ghraib he said i can't breathe to the entry people but was not given a physical exam. the seals turned him over to the cia the cia took him into a shower room and they had t

i'm also a member of the freedom of information committee for the society journalist, northern california chapter. and i'm here to speak and volunteer my support for mark and holly winston. they are qualified candidates and they are eminently eager to serve this city's government, this communities needs. it's a sunny day outside. we should bring some sunshine inside. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, madam clerk. i'm here to support allison wash burn, and wolf and chris highland. all of them have experience on the task force. you need continuity on the task force. there's a big learning curve on task force and you'll be appointing six new member and some of they don't know the difference between -- owe you need some experience to remain on the task force. let me just say some of the frustration you've been hearing is actually is justified that you haven't appointed the lawyer position on the task force for two years, and then you criticize the task force for sometimes maybe violating ordinances or the charter, so it's imperative that you fill all the seats today. make your recomm

because judicial watch filed a freedom of information act request to get all internal communication about dismissal. and when that ended up before a federal judge here in the district of columbia and addition of columbia judge ordered the release of some of those communications, a judge said that those communications demonstrated that, in fact, the claim that political appointees were not involved in the dismissal was untrue. and so this individual, tom perez, who was the assistant attorney general of civil rights who clearly lied under oath to the u.s. commission on civil rights was then nominated by the president to be the head of the labor secretary, and was confirmed. said he was basically rewarded for that behavior. >> in addition, mr. peres had conducted government business extensively on a personal computer at home which is against all guidelines and all rules for federal government workers. he had discussed policy prescriptions. he had discussed settlements which were highly controversial. and the justice department admitted this had been done. they admitted there were hundreds an

another would be a freedom of information act. right now, getting information out of the u.n. is worse than pulling teeth. how do you enforce those? one is to set up a special tribunal that, assuming you keep the immunity in place, which, if you can't get rid of the immunity, this is an alternative. and as to any award made to this tribunal pursuant to the u.n. freed dom of information act is to reduce any of those awards from the amounts that have been al kated by congress to the u.n. which i think brett recently wrote something saying the direct assessments are four or five billion a year. and actually, all in, it's something huge. so double that, at least. that's another aspect. so i can go on, you know, you can ask a lawyer to tell war stories and it's -- it's hard to shut him up. but that sort of gives a general overview of what the problem is. and, for me, it really is the immunity. and, today, in the 21st century, there's no reason for the u.n. to -- and other international organizations to enjoy an absolute immunity that sort of harkens back to the day of, you know, ki

. >> an f on transparency and freedom of information. i think my colleagues would give a similar grade. it has become a joke. this administration has perfected the stall, the redaction's, the excuses. strongly the information they withhold them protect many times belongs to the public. we own it. there is no sense of it. they coveted like it is a private corporation defending its trade secrets. on the changing face of network news on her career. sunday night at 8:00. you can keep in touch with current events from the nation's capital using any phone any time with c-span radio on audio now. listen to a recap of the days's event at 5:00 eastern on washington today. c-span radio on audio now. >> american history tv is marking the 150th anniversary of the civil war with live coverage of a conference on the civil war in 1864. we will continue our live coverage from gettysburg college in gettysburg, pennsylvania, at about 2:00. we shift our focus to another period of history. the 50th anniversary of the 1964 civil rights act. we will hear from

freedom of information was already a joke. but this ministration has perfected the delay and excuses. it is shocking because i feel strongly the information they withhold and protect longs to the public. we own it. there is no sense of that when you ask for it. they covet it as if they are private organizations defending trade secrets rather than understanding what they hold is in formation they have gathered on our behalf. emmy-winning reporter on the changing face of news and her career on sunday night. carext, a look at health insurance enrollment. general america hosted a discussion -- enroll america hosted a discussion that included kathleen sebelius. this was her first public appearance since she stepped down. this was an hour and a half. >> good morning. please welcome the president of enroll america. [applause] >> hello. good morning, everyone. welcome to the first national enroll america conference, the state of enrollment, getting america covered. very excited to have you all here today. [applause] we first started p

the aclu and new york sometimes forked their release through the freedom of information act. they reveal administration justified the 2011 cia attack by arguing there was no other way to arrest the al-qaida leader. the government says he had been involved in an attack against the united states and was planning even more. >>> a huge recall involving millions of cars around the world. the problem, defective air bags that could explode. the vehicles affected includes hondas, mazdas, nissan. they all have air bags employed by a major auto parts chain. federal investigators are also looking into that air bag problem. >>> now, since when does a car jacking victim lay about the whole thing? well, ask the woman in seattle who had a gun pointed at her as three teenager tried to steal her car. as is the case sometimes, their crime wasn't very well thought out. >> hi says i want your car keys. >> 70-year-old fredrickson was grabbing something from the trunk of her car when suddenly. >> i turn around and here is this big gun right here. >> she drop hayrakes and says three teenagers jumpe