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Editorials and Op-Eds on the OPEN Government Act of 2007 Compiled by Security Archive

Arizona “Kyl Stopping Info Reforms.” By Jimmy Boegle. Tucson Weekly (AZ). June 28, 2007. http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Opinion/Content?oid=97767

“Why a Free Press? Government’s Actions are Hardly Open.” By Mark B. Evans. (AZ). June 16, 2007. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/54762.php

“Kyl’s Hold on Open Government Bill is Bad for Everyone.” Explorer News (Tucson AZ). June 15, 2007. http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/19074

“Kyl is on Wrong Side of FOI Bill.” Tucson Citizen (AZ). June 9, 2007. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/54106.php

“Restore Power to the People.” The Republic. June 5, 2007. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0605tue2-05.html

“Note to Senate: Time to Cease the Secrets.” East Valley Tribune (Phoenix, AZ). June 5, 2007. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/91000

Connecticut “’Secret Hold’ is the Ultimate Irony.” Westport News (CT). June 29, 2007. http://www.westport- news.com/opinion/ci_6260868

District of Columbia “New Life for an Open Government Law.” By Deborah Howell. Washington Post. June 24, 2007. Page B06. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062201783.html

Florida “Freedom for the Public.” Palm Beach Post (FL). June 19, 2007. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2007/06/19/a8a_kyl_edit_0619.html

Kentucky “McConnell: Keep Pushing Open Government.” Leader (Princeton, KY). June 20, 2007. Page 6.

Maine “Public Served When ‘Sen. Secrecy’ Unmasked.” By David B. Offer. Kennebec Journal (ME). June 5, 2007. http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view/columns/3959613.html

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Minnesota “Senate Should Pass Open Government Bill.” Minneapolis Star Tribune. June 9, 2007.

Mississippi “OPEN Government Act Needs Champions.” (MS). June 16, 2007 http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070616/OPINION01/706160342

“Bill Could Have Aided in Battle for Records.” By Jillian Kramer. Hattiesburg American (MS). June 14, 2007. http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070614/NEWS01/706140322/1002

Missouri “Hidden Tactic Serves Secrecy.” By Charles N. Davis. News-Leader (Springfield, MO). June 13, 2007. http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/OPINIONS/706130339/1006 *Reprinted in many papers around the country

New York “Open and Shut Issue. Openness and Privacy: Government Records.” Rochester Democract and Chronicle (NY). June 18, 2007. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/OPINION04/706180331/1 041/OPINION

North Carolina “Your Right to Know.” By Matthew Eisley. News & Observer (NC). June 5, 2007 http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/591789.html

Ohio “The Senator of Secrecy.” (OH). June 3, 2007. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/EDIT03/706030352/1090

Pennsylvania “Government needs to be transparent,” Pittsburgh Morning Sun (PA), June 13, 2007 http://www.morningsun.net/stories/061307/opinion_20070613015.shtml

Tennessee “Americans Need an Updated Records Law.” By Sara A. DeForge. . June 23, 2007. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070623/OPINION01/706230337

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“Our Senators Can Help Make Access Better.” By Frank Gibson. The Tennessean. June 23, 2007. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070623/OPINION01/706230333

“Arizona Legislators Try to Sway Senator Blocking Information Legislation.” The Tennessean. June 23, 2007. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070623/OPINION01/706230334/1008

“Blocking Open Government Bill is Height of Hypocrisy.” The Tennessean. June 23, 2007. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070623/OPINION01/706230335/1008

“Democracy’s Vital Fuel.” Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN). June 22, 2007. http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/editorials/article/0,2845,MCA_25348_5597037,00.html

“FOIA Revision Deserves a Vote.” Bristol Herald Courier (TN). June 20, 2007. http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/opinions/editorial.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2007-06-20-0001.html

Texas “Locked Away.” Dallas Morning News. June 28, 2007. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN- foi_28edi.ART.State.Edition1.436e330.html

“US Needs Open Government.” Waco Tribune-Herald (TX). June 25, 2007. http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2007/06/25/06252007wacedit.html

“Americans Need a Stronger Open Records Act to Prod Federal Agencies into Compliance.” Houston Chronicle. May 3, 2007. Page B10. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4337652 (Login Required)

“Cornyn, Pro and Con.” Dallas Morning News. March 21, 2007. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN- cornyn_21edi.ART.State.Edition1.441ce18.html

Utah “Sulking Senator is Revealed.” Daily Herald (Provo, UT). June 4, 2007. Page A5. http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/223767/3/

“Skulking in the Senate,” Daily Herald (UT), May 29, 2007 http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/223335/3/

Vermont “Lone Lawmaker Stalls FOIA Reform.” Burlington Free Press (VT). July 2 2007. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/OPINION/706290321/1006

“Kyl Slams Door Shut.” Brattleboro Reformer (VT). June 21, 2007. http://www.reformer.com/editorials/ci_6191497

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Washington “Good Ol’ Boy Tactics are Bad For America.” The Olympian (Olympia, WA). June 8, 2007. http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/129113.html

“Open Government: Secret is Flawed,” Seattle Post Intelligencer (WA), June 5, 2007 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/318548_secrecyed.html

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