3.0.0 867 2022-02-03T05:30:37Z 2022-02-03T05:30:37Z House H HR 2005-02-16 109 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Reported by 2006-09-27T17:59:40Z Markup by 2006-09-27T17:59:01Z Referred to 2005-03-07T20:10:01Z Referred to 2005-02-16T15:03:30Z OPEN Government Act of 2005 109 394 S 2006-09-21 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628. Identical bill CRS 2006-09-27 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2006-09-27 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2005-03-07 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability. Committee 2005-02-16 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2005-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 N M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2005-03-16 False 2005-04-05 M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2005-03-17 False S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 27 2005-04-05 False B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 2005-04-05 False P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 2005-04-05 False M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2005-04-05 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2005-04-06 False U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 2005-04-12 False B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2005-04-12 False C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2005-04-13 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2005-05-10 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2005-05-10 False D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2005-05-23 False W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2005-05-23 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2005-06-24 False F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2005-06-27 False R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 2005-07-11 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2005-07-18 False B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2005-07-18 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2005-07-18 False K000180 Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 2005-07-20 False M001120 Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] JOHN MURTHA D PA P. 12 2005-07-28 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2005-09-07 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2005-09-07 False S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2005-09-07 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2005-09-13 False E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 14 2005-09-28 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2005-10-06 False R000011 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] NICK RAHALL D WV J. 3 2006-02-01 False W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2006-03-28 False H001037 Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth D SD 0 2006-04-05 False M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2006-05-03 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative Conference of the U.S. Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Business records Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Disciplining of employees Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Employee training Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal employees Federal officials Freedom of information Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Government statistics Governmental investigations Identification devices Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Internet Judicial review Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Legislation Mass media Mediation Performance measurement Personnel management Position classification Promotions Public records Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Telephone Terrorism User charges Web sites Government Operations and Politics 00 2005-02-16 Introduced in House 2005-03-24T21:46:59Z Openess Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005 or OPEN Government Act of 2005 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to prohibit a Federal agency from denying the present fee status for a news media representative solely on the absence of institutional associations of the requester and requires consideration of the requester's prior publication history. Requires an agency, if a requester has no prior publication history or current affiliation, to consider the requester's stated intent at the time the request is made to distribute information to a reasonably broad audience.

Provides that, for purposes of recovery of attorney fees and other litigation costs, a complainant has substantially prevailed if : (1) the complainant has obtained a substantial part of its requested relief through a judicial or administrative order or an enforceable written agreement; or (2) the complainant's pursuit of a nonfrivolous claim or defense has been a catalyst for a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party that provides a substantial part of the requested relief.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) notify the Special Counsel of civil actions taken for arbitrary and capricious rejections of requests for agency records; and (2) annually submit reports on the number of such actions taken.

Provides for the commencement of the 20-day time limit within which agencies shall determine whether to comply with a request for agency records on the day in which the request is first received.

Requires agencies to establish: (1) a system to assign tracking numbers for requests for information; and (2) telephone or Internet service that provides the status of requests.

Prohibits applying FOIA section 552 provisions to matters that are specifically exempted from disclosure by a statute (other than open meetings under the Government in the Sunshine Act) that specifically cites this Act.

Establishes the Office of Government Information Services within the U.S. Administrative Conference to review section 552 policies and procedures by administrative agencies.

Requires the: (1) Comptroller General to annually report on implementation of provisions for the protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information; and (2) Office of Personnel Management to report on personnel policies related to FOIA.

]]> Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced OPEN Government Act of 2005 Popular Titles FOIA (Freedom of Information) bill 9 Library of Congress Display Title Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To promote openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-02-16T05:00:00Z 2006-09-27 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.