Show Us the Data: The Most Wanted Government Documents

The Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS) issues unclassified military, political, economic, and sociological news updates from around the world. The reports have been privatized as the fee-based World News Connection database. Now there is a new government database that provides access to FBIS reports. It is the Open Source Center at www.opensource.gov Access is currently restricted to government employees and contractors. FBIS reports are public and used to be sent on microfiche and CD-ROM to libraries, but distribution has ceased. Our citizenry would benefit from reinstating access to this public material and deserves access just as much as those currently allowed to use opensource.gov.