The Open Government Act of 2010 is a major reform measure of public accountability and transparency. It covers changes to the District's freedom of information, administrative procedure, lobbyist disclosure, and financial disclosure laws, and would require agencies to develop transparency plans. It would also establish a budget and spending transparency website.
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In October 2009, the Committee on Government Operations and the Environment heard testimony about the need for improved transparency in the District government. (Click here to view a webcast of that hearing). This legislation is a sweeping reform measure that would dramatically increase the transparency of the District Government.
Legislative Documents
Testimony
 Salvatore Zambri, Trials Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington- Fritz Mulhauser, American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital
- Carl Messineo, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
- William McLain, Associate Professor of Law, UDC
- Roy Morris
- Elaine Mittleman
- Jenny Reed, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
- Thomas Susman, D.C. Open Government Coalition
- Robert S. Becker, Society of Professional Journalists
- Richard Wolf, Committee of 100 on the Federal City
- Jim McLaughlin, Washington Post
- Talibah Chikwendu, AFRO American Newspapers
- Stephen Block, American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital
- Mark Caramanica, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Rebecca Renner
- Peter Nickles, Office of the Attorney General
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