Tag: secrecy

Comptroller General Warns Federal CFOs to ‘Be Careful’ of Access Law

The Comptroller General of Canada advised federal chief financial officers (CFOs) to “be careful” what they wrote down as any record created may “find its way out” through Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) requests, a Commons committee heard on Feb. 8. Comptroller Roch Huppé, who is responsible for government-wide financial management, was testifying at the House…


Trust the American People, Not the January 6 Committee

Commentary As I wrote in my last column, I was stunned when Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Times reported that the Jan. 6 Committee “has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and obtained more than 25,000 documents related to last year’s riot at the Capitol — yet most of the evidence remains a secret.” I described…


Trust the American People, Not the Jan. 6 Committee

Commentary As I wrote in my last column, I was stunned when Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Times reported that the Jan. 6 House Select Committee “has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and obtained more than 25,000 documents related to last year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol—yet most of the evidence remains a secret.” I…