WASHINGTON: The nonprofit Sunshine in Government Initiative, supported by a number of journalism organizations, sent a letter to 600 press secretaries in the Obama administration and Congress this week, urging them to end the practice of off-the-record speeches.
The organization contends that the use of off-the-record public sessions “disadvantages the press and the public in favor of special audiences who are not bound by the attribution rules,” according to the letter.
The group asserts that attendees who are not members ...