Not Quite Classified

By Clint Hendler   Dec 15, 2009 at 04:12 PM

The Obama administration’s Task Force on Controlled Unclassified Information has, per the president’s request in a May 2009 executive memorandum,... More

The Shield after Senate Judiciary

A victory was notched, but the battle’s not won

By Clint Hendler   Dec 14, 2009 at 04:21 PM

Last Thursday, the journalism organizations at work on a shield bill won two victories in quick succession. In just about... More

Settlement Reached on Bush Emails

By Clint Hendler   Dec 14, 2009 at 04:09 PM

Perhaps the most Byzantine of all Bush-era records scandals draws a step closer to ending today with the announcement by... More

Easy on the eyes

By Clint Hendler   Dec 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM

Does the below video, showing a souped-up prototype e-tablet version of Sports Illustrated, portend the future of magazines? I don't... More

Senate Judiciary Considers Shield Bill, Part III

By Clint Hendler   Dec 10, 2009 at 09:43 AM

The hearing has ended with the committee passing the bill. You can still read the once-live tweets from me and... More

HuffPo: “Tiger Woods Sex (VIDEO)”

By Clint Hendler   Dec 9, 2009 at 03:05 PM

The Huffington Post has reached a new level in its unending quest to to create “content” for the sake of... More

Mark Knoller Knows

CBS Radio correspondent can tell you where the President’s been

By Clint Hendler   Dec 9, 2009 at 01:35 PM

Today President Obama will slip into Air Force One, wing over to Oslo and, once again, touch foreign soil. Not... More

FOIA after the Open Government Directive

Measure, monitor, and improve

By Clint Hendler   Dec 8, 2009 at 03:33 PM

With today's launch of the Obama administration's Open Government Plan, we’ve passed another milestone on the path towards a new... More

Open Government Plan Launches Today

By Clint Hendler   Dec 8, 2009 at 10:19 AM

At 11am, the Obama Adminisitration's in house senior techies--Aneesh Chopra, the Chief Technology Officer, and Vivek Kundra, the Chief Information... More

“A closed meeting on openness”

By Clint Hendler   Dec 7, 2009 at 12:44 PM

The AP has a hard-edged story bringing the news that a hall full of federal employees will be attending a... More

The walls come tumbling down…

By Clint Hendler   Dec 3, 2009 at 01:08 PM

Robert Wilonsky, a writer for the altweekly Dallas Observer, passes on a corporate memo that is reportedly causing unease among... More

Senate Judiciary Considers Shield Bill, Part II

By Clint Hendler   Dec 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM

The hearing has ended, but click the replay button below to see once-live tweets from myself, the Society of Professional... More

FDA Pressed on Interview Policy

By Clint Hendler   Dec 2, 2009 at 02:52 PM

Today, a coalition of media organizations including the Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Association of Science Writers... More

But How Will it Play in Puli Khumri?

A full Afghanistan debate would feature Afghanis

By Clint Hendler   Dec 2, 2009 at 01:26 PM

President Obama’s speech last night, concerning America’s path forward in Afghanistan, was primarily directed at a domestic audience. Obama had... More

Stay Classy, 1938 Style

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM

Of all the way to address Salahi-gate, Henry Morgenthau III's reminiscence in today's New York Times has to be the... More