Alexander B. Howard

The Senate should not advance the nomination. Americans need an AOTUS who’ll preserve public records for public access, modernize presidential libraries, revolutionize declassification & disclosure, & always place public interests over political demands. councilofstatearchivists.app.box.com/s/ddcbjwratrmy…

Unlike previous Archivists, Wilson has no experience as an archivist or librarian at the state or federal level, no experience in preserving public records in the military, no experience serving at NARA, a presidential library, or @LibraryCongress.

This @POTUS’ nominee to be the 12th Archivist does not have the demonstrated experience, vision, or values necessary to lead @USNatArchives in the 21st century.

An explosive Judiciary Democrats analysis exposes the staggering cost of Trump’s corrupt pardon spree: more than $1.3 BILLION stolen away from crime victims and injured taxpayers. Not only is Trump pardoning tax cheats, drug traffickers, and corporate scammers, he’s wiping out the debts these grifters owe to their victims—and to society. The first convicted felon fraudster in the White House, Trump is proving white-collar crime does pay in his America. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/p…

Great timing for a disclosure during #SunshineWeek, @BrendanCarrFCC! Looks like the @FCC has posted these files to its FOIA reading room: fcc.gov/general/freedo… Has the agency adopted a “release to one, release to all”policy for all FOIA disclosures under your leadership?

@nikitabier Summaries of articles? Feature suggestion: roll out a pithy description of an article in 140 characters or less, with a link to the full piece & images that don’t count towards the total? You could call it a tweet. Incent news media to share trustworthy posts. Could have legs.

We’re rolling out summaries for Articles now. Just tap the Summarize button if you want to know if it’s worth your time to read it (or if your attention span is 12 seconds).

“I’m not putting troops anywhere”—@POTUS Trump said today “If I did, I wouldn’t tell you.” This is not even close to the “most transparent administration” in peace time, much less in war.

“Contrary to his false claims about overseeing the ‘most transparent Administration in history’, @POTUS Trump has deliberately weakened the ability of agencies to respond to requests for information by eliminating employees responsible for responding to FOIA requests.”— @SenatorDurbin

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Has anyone used California’s “Delete Request and Opt-out Platform” (DROP) to require data brokers delete your information? privacy.ca.gov

@AGOWA Have you published them all online on a .gov website as open data, so that everyone can benefit from public access to public records? Release to one, release to all is a good policy for the 21st century. #SunshineWeek #OpenGov

FOIA offices across the federal government have been gutted & open data has been taken offline. Will @ChuckGrassley convene an oversight hearing on open government with @SenRandPaul @JohnCornyn & call @usgao @foiapost @FOIA_Ombuds to testify? washingtonpost.com/investigations… #sunshineweek

National #SunshineWeek spotlights the importance of open government ☀️ As a congressional watchdog, Sen. @ChuckGrassley works tirelessly to expose bad actors and root out government wrongdoing. Because the public's business ought to be public.

@danielschuman @GOPoversight @OversightDems Bills are dandy. Sunshine laws on the books would be good, too. Too bad @OversightDems @GOPoversight didn’t hold a #SunshineWeek hearing on the state of FOIA, given executive branch agencies gutting their offices & failing to uphold the law. 404 oversight? washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Holy #SunshineWeek. Glad to see @GOPOversight + @OversightDems holding a markup of a bunch of (many) bipartisan transparency + accountability bills.

Public records facts for #SunshineWeek. Over the last five years, the number of pages we have provided in response to public records requests has more than doubled, to 922,084 pages. If you printed out all these pages and stacked them, they would be more than 300 feet tall, taller than the dome of the Washington State Legislative Building. Or taller than 52 Josh Naylors.

☀️ It's #SunshineWeek, a time to celebrate freedom of information and the public's right to know! To recognize the occasion, here's a thread of some @rcfp resources to help journalists and others access public information:

#FOIA requests can feel intimidating, but they don't have to be. @EileenOReilly10 shares six open records tips for journalists in honor of #SunshineWeek. pressclubinstitute.org/2026/03/17/6-f…

During #SunshineWeek, I’m proud to highlight the dedication of my office’s Public Access Bureau in ensuring government agencies in Illinois are transparent and accessible to the people they serve: tinyurl.com/45dmdt3h

☀️ #SunshineWeek tip! ☀️ 💡Journalists, you can create positive change — just seize the moment. Thank you to Frank LoMonte, SPJ Advocacy Committee chair and CNN senior legal counsel, and @ShastaKM, journalist and founder of @MedMotherhood, for sharing their expertise!

Editorial cartoons and opinion columns available for anyone to publish for Sunshine Week. Spread the word! sunshineweek.org/2026-content-f…