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.

🎃 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

Thanks to @npcinstitute.bsky.social for enlisting two dcogc.bluesky.social board members for this key briefing for reporters and anyone else following the federal takeover of DC law enforcement.

Dcogc.bluesky.social guides for anyone tracking the federal takeover of DC law enforcement www.pressclubinstitute.org/2025/08/26/h...

he DC Open Government Coalition is urging the D.C. Council to reject a new effort by Council chairman Phil Mendelson to make it easier to keep secrets in the District government. Read our letter here: www.dcogc.org/updates

A win for enhancing government transparency: mailchi.mp/c2b255eb7b84... @muckrock.bsky.social @nfoic.bsky.social

Open government is harmed by the @dcouncil's latest move: www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/d...

The DC Open Government Coalition remains deeply concerned about efforts by the D.C. Council to clamp down on transparency. Read our testimony here: www.dcogc.org/updates

The Coalition on April 14 wrote to groups across the city, urging them to contact the D.C. Council to reject anti-transparency legislation. Council’s plan is ill conceived and will harm the public’s right to know!. Letters at dcogc.org, on home page under Update. Contact [email protected]

Read our letter to the DC Council opposing legislationt that would trample on transparenc in the District. Click on the Updates tab on our website here: www.dcogc.org

We have updated our #sunshineweek event for Wednesday at Clydes at Gallery Place in DC. The headliner will be former DC Council member @elissasilverman.bsky.social on open government challenges and prospects. Also panel from two local journalists, and open audience idea session.

Here's the EventBrite signup for D.C. Open Government Coalition's free reception and panel discussions on March 19. You can sign up just for those events, or also add Sunshine Fest, for which you need to scroll down, and which is charging a fee. D.C. Open Government events are always free of charge!

Save the Date! The D.C. Open Government Coalition is hosting its Sunshine Week reception & program at a time when reliance on local government transparency is more important than ever. Free reception 4:30 to 6:15 p.m.; Wed, Mar 19, Clyde's, Gallery Place (707 7th St. NW): program 6:15 - 7:30 p.m.

Save the date! @dcogc.bsky.social will be hosting its annual #SunshineWeek look at transparency in the District of Columbia starting with a free reception 4:30 pm on 3/19 at Clyde's of Gallery Place, 707 7th Street, NW and panel discussion to follow. Eventbrite signup coming!