An El Paso federal judge ruled Tuesday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has failed to comply with the Freedom of Information Act and that the federal agency has made no effort to produce records ...
A state attorney general ruling will allow the city of El Paso to withhold the names of facilities where COVID-19 outbreaks. A Houston attorney with extensive experience in transparency laws criticized the ruling. “The AG ...
As the El Paso City Council remains divided on whether to identify facilities where there have been COVID-19 outbreaks, state agencies in Texas and around the country are beginning to share the information regularly. Opponents ...
By Kelley ShannonExecutive DirectorFreedom of Information Foundation of Texas Whatever our political views, certainly we can agree we have the right to know how government is conducting business. How are taxpayer dollars spent? Who is ...
The Freedom of Information Act is the cornerstone of transparency for the U.S. federal government. The law, passed in 1967, allows people to access the vast majority of information maintained by the government. The law ...
Note: This column has been updated to include information that the state of Texas on Monday began providing information on COVID-19 infections at nursing homes, assisted living centers and state-run mental health facilities. Two things ...