On March 14, the U.S. House of Representatives [3] "passed three bills to open government records to the public, brushing aside White House opposition, and in one case, a veto threat." The bills "would force government to be more responsive to Freedom of Information Act [4] requests, make contributions to presidential libraries public and overturn a 2001 presidential directive giving the president authority to keep his records from public view," reports Associated Press. President Bush [5] opposes the FOIA bill and has threatened to veto the presidential records bill, as well as another bill extending whistleblower protections. The House FOIA bill would reinstitute a "presumption of disclosure" standard, overturning a post-9/11 directive from then-Attorney General John Ashcroft [6] to not release information if there is "uncertainty over security or law enforcement exemptions." The measures are being considered during Sunshine Week [7], a media-led observance of "open government and freedom of information" issues.