The latest secrecy plans by the DC Council: www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-council-d...

Advocates Decry Impending Elimination of Homeland Security Commission Documents

The D.C. Council approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, dissolving the Homeland Security Commission and granting FOIA exemptions.

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washingtoninformer.bsky.social does a great job of exposing new secrecy plans by the dccouncil.bsky.social www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-council-d...

A new attack on transparency in the District: www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/a-move-that-will-hide-more-information-about-homeland-security

A move that will hide more information about homeland security — DC OGC

The D.C. Open Government Coalition is urging the D.C. Council to remove anti-transparency provisions inserted into Bill 26-661,1 the Budget Support Act (BSA). Identified in § 3011 as the “Homeland Sec...

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Another blow to transparency in the District of Columbia www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/a...

Another blow to transparency in the District — DC OGC

The D.C. Open Government Coalition, joined by four other groups, urged the D.C. Council to vote against Bill 26-633, the “Open Meetings Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2026.” The legisla...

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We gathered at the MLK Memorial Library on 3/19 for #SunshineWeek 2026 with dcjusticelab.bsky.social & freedcproject.bksy.social to ask: whose information is it anyway?"The public's information is the public's information." — DC Auditor Kathy Patterson

Join me at @dcogc.bsky.social's @sunshineweek.bsky.social event on Thursday, March 19, 5:30pm @ MLK @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social . bsky.app/profile/dcog...

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Join the D.C. Open Government Coaltion at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 as we hold our annual free and open to the public #sunshineweek event at the MLK Library. We will mull the state of transparency in the District. Hint: it's not so great. Sign up here: luma.com/7mczqpqr

This Thursday! This could be you!

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Join dcogc.bksy.social for our annual #sunshineweek Summit 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19 at the MLK Library downtown. Sign up here! luma.com/7mczqpqr

It's #sunshineweek! Sign up for our free and open to the public event at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the MLK Library downtown to talk about transparency - and lack thereof - in the D.C. govenment. Sign up here: luma.com/7mczqpqr?tk=...

Join the D.C. Open Government Coaltion at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 as we hold our annual free and open to the public #sunshineweek event at the MLK Library. We will mull the state of transparency in the District. Hint: it's not so great. Sign up here: luma.com/7mczqpqr

Join dcogc.bksy.social for our annual #sunshineweek Summit 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19 at the MLK Library downtown. Sign up here! luma.com/7mczqpqr

Whose Information is it anyway? Join the D.C. Open Government Coalition at 5:30 on Thursday, March 19 at the MLK Library for our annual #sunshineweek event. Sign up here: luma.com/7mczqpqr

Sunshine Week Summit: Whose Information Is It Anyway? · Luma

Mark your calendars for D.C. Open Government Coalition’s (https://www.dcogc.org/) annual celebration of Sunshine Week from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday March…

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DCOGC board members push for greater law enforcement transparency. Read and listen here: www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/y...

DCOGC Board Members Urge Greater Transparency at MPD Oversight Hearing — DC OGC

Board Members Kevin Bell, Robert Vinson Brannum and Sandra Moscoso urged the D.C. Council’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee’s Performance Oversight Hearing to push for more openness about law e...

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Planning to testify on Wednesday 2/25 at the D.C. Council’s hearing on policing, immigration enforcement in the District and lack of transparency? We have tips. bit.ly/3OEGWt4

Planning to testify on Wednesday at the D.C. Council’s hearing on policing? We have tips. — DC OGC

Interested in promoting transparency at the Metropolitan Police Department and getting more information about federal immigration enforcement in the city?. Read our fact sheet here . Among the tips:...

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(1/4) That shouldn’t happen. Ever. FOIA delays like this block access to information the public has a right to see. Transparency delayed is transparency denied.

Journalism, law, and transparency—Bob brings decades of experience and expertise to the Coalition. From the newsroom to the courtroom to the policy table, he’s spent his career advancing the public’s right to access government information.

Save the Date: Thursday March 19 “Whose Information Is It, Anyway?” D.C. Open Government Coalition’s annual celebration of Sunshine Week from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday March 19, 2026 at the MLK Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW. We also promise an evening of fun! www.dcogc.org/events

DCOGC 2025 Wrapped 🎧 This year, we educated reporters, fought secret government meetings, defended access to public records, restored funding for public archives, and helped residents navigate open government in D.C.

✨ Meet Miranda — DCOGC’s VP & Chair of Community Outreach. An award-winning investigative journalist and author of Backroom Deals in Our Backyards, she leads our open government training efforts and helps the public learn how to access information and demand accountability. 💙

Open government doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because people ask questions, demand answers, and stay engaged. Grateful for this community. 💙

New board member Kevin Bell talks transparency on Reddit, and no surprise, encountered skepticism about just how transparent the government is. Take a read here: www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/b...

Board member talks FOIA on Reddit, where skepticism reigns — DC OGC

By Kevin Bell, Board Bember, DCOGC Hey Transparency Tribe, I’m one of the two newest board members for the DC Open Government Coalition, and a founding partner of the Free Information Group, PLLC. L...

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A partial victory in the D.C. Open Government's Coalition two-year battle to get the District government to provide information about is compliancewith its own open records laws. More on this soon. www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/court-orders-district-to-produce-long-sought-foia-records

Court Orders District to Produce Long-Sought FOIA Records — DC OGC

By Fritz Mulhauser, Secretary, D.C. Open Government Coalition   A D.C. Superior Court judge has ruled that the District government must produce comprehensive records from its decade-old Freedo...

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FOIA is basically Kermit with the tea — calm, unbothered, and always ready to spill the real story. ☕👀 Transparency isn’t drama. It’s accountability. And FOIA always has the receipts. #FOIA #OpenGovernment #RightToKnow #GovernmentTransparency #Accountability #SpillTheTea

Amazing how something as “small” as FOIA ends up propping up all of democratic society. Remove transparency and the whole thing shakes. Protect it, use it, defend it. Democracy stands because the public can see. 💡 #FOIA #OpenGovernment #Transparency #RightToKnow #Accountability

Open government = transparency + accountability + public participation. It’s not just access — it’s two-way communication between residents and their government. DCOGC works to keep D.C.’s records and meetings open to the people. #OpenGov #DCOGC #DC

Meet Tom Susman — a leader in open government. From shaping the 1974 FOIA Amendments to litigating major transparency cases and founding the D.C. Open Government Coalition, his impact is unmatched. Grateful for his decades of work advancing transparency and accountability.

Stuffing? ✔️ Turkey? ✔️ Public access to government? Always. 🦃 #Transparency #OpenGov #DC

Meet Kirsten Mitchell, president of the @dcogc.bsky.social a D.C. resident of 26 years and career-long champion of public access. After a career in journalism, she helped launch the federal FOIA Ombuds office at the National Archives.

New @dcogc board member @kevinok.bsky.social has filed an important case on behalf of @freedom.press efforts to get ICE to respond to public records requests via #foia.

Kevin H Bell@kevinhbell.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If ICE is too busy stalking daycare pickups to read their emails from Congress, they should really be thanking Lauren for FOIAing them

🎃 No Tricks, Just Transparency Don’t let government secrecy haunt you this Halloween. 👻 #FOIA #OpenGovernment #Transparency

Questions about how to get records about the federal law enforcement takeover in D.C? We have answers here www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/navigating-open-records-during-federal-law-enforcement-takeover

Navigating open records during federal law enforcement takeover — DC OGC

By Kirsten Mitchell, President, D,C, Open Government Coalition Trying to document the federal takeover of D.C.’s law enforcement, and gather data about stops, arrests and other incidents? The D.C...

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