FOIA
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Law and Government
Despite Freedom of Information Act, agencies routinely withhold information, even information they used to make public
A federal agency intended to withhold most of the information it could have released under the Freedom of Information Act.…
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Law and Government
U.S. Trade Representative releases records in response to FOIA lawsuit over ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
Yesterday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative released 19 megabytes worth of documents related to Trump’s Liberation Day…
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Independent agency ends DEI-related activity in response to Trump executive order against DEI
President Trump has issued executive orders ending diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI). As applied to federal contractors and grant…
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Law and Government
CIGIE begins producing records in response to FOIA lawsuit
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency has started to produce documents sought in a Freedom of…
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Unyielding
Civil servants, not Biden political appointees, came up with idea of removing William Penn’s statue
Federal bureaucrats are overwhelmingly Democrats or progressives, and can sometimes push left-wing policies that create political headaches for even a…
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Law and Government
CDC advised against punishing crime more, triggering FOIA lawsuit and release of records
In January, the Daily Caller raised questions about draft federal recommendations that could lead to increases in crime, after talking…
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Law and Government
Released records shed light on National Park Service plan to remove the statue of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
William Penn was the founder of the colony of Pennsylvania and an advocate of religious tolerance and cultural co-existence. But…
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Law and Government
Freedom of Information Act lawsuit sheds more light on entity that helped push gender transitions for minors
Despite the negative side effects of puberty blockers and hormone therapy, and lifelong consequences of “gender-affirming” surgery, the Biden administration…
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Law and Government
HHS releases transgender-related records after being sued
On February 28, 2023, this blog and the Bader Family Foundation submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the…
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Law and Government
Lawsuit against FMCSA triggers release of records about allegedly unconstitutional policy
In 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration “proposed requiring commercial motor vehicles to install an electronic device that would…
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Unyielding
FDA and CDC may soon use indigenous folk wisdom on par with scientific evidence
“The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could soon employ ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ in their research,”…
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Law and Government
National Science Foundation conceals identity of people shaping government policy
The National Science Foundation has released its sixth installment of records about government use of indigenous knowledge from Native Americans,…
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Law and Government
EEOC releases records about discrimination it allegedly committed; EEOC has long history of illegal discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues employers for discrimination, but it itself may regularly discriminate against its own employees, judging…
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Unyielding
NSF releases records about government’s policy toward indigenous knowledge
The National Science Foundation has released another monthly installment of records about federal policy toward indigenous knowledge, which reveal a…
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Education
Education Department releases more records about anti-charter school rule
Earlier, we discussed Biden administration rules that restricted charter schools (which left-wing teachers unions oppose), and gave local school officials…
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Education
Biden administration sued under FOIA about rules cracking down on charter schools; withholds 570 of 574 pages in release
Earlier, we wrote about Biden administration rules that impeded charter schools, reinforcing the power of left-wing teachers’ unions. Even the…
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Law and Government
Feds release more records about the government’s use of indigenous knowledge
The Office of Science & Technology Policy has released its second installment of records about federal reliance on indigenous knowledge.…
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Law and Government
Feds release more records about the Global Disinformation Index, which blacklisted conservative publications
The State Department has released its second installment of records about the Global Disinformation Index, a London-based organization funded by…
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Science and Technology
Federal agencies sued over Biden administration guidance on indigenous knowledge; records released
In December, the Biden administration released guidance designed to promote the use of indigenous knowledge and beliefs in federal agencies’…
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Education
Court rules Biden administration violated Freedom of Information Act; High-ranking official may have violated Federal Records Act
On September 20, a federal court ruled that the U.S. Department of Education violated the Freedom of Information Act through…
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Unyielding
FDA releases records about ‘Gender-Affirming Care and Young People’ document promoting puberty blockers
Earlier, a Freedom of Information lawsuit I filed revealed that HHS promoted gender transitions for minors without consulting with key…
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Law and Government
HHS ignored experts in issuing guidelines promoting gender transitions for minors
A Freedom of Information lawsuit has just revealed that HHS promoted gender transitions for minors without consulting with key experts…
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Education
Education Department illegally withholds records sought by Freedom of Information Act request
The Education Department was sued on June 30 after it failed to comply with the Freedom of Information Act’s deadline…
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Law and Government
Civil Rights Commission releases records in response to FOIA lawsuit
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has released 280 records in response to a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information…
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Education
Education Department claim about student misconduct rates was wrong, as it should have known
A recent lawsuit illustrates yet again that the Biden administration makes false claims without evidence. On June 4, the Biden…
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Law and Government
Small Business Administration used unconstitutional racial preferences despite warnings
By withholding most records in their entirety, rather than merely redacting privileged portions of them, the SBA is violating the…
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Business
Biden administration knew its racial preferences were unconstitutional
Judges have ruled that discrimination against black people can sometimes be remedied through affirmative action in their favor. But it…
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Law and Government
Biden administration repeatedly violated Freedom of Information Act
In stonewalling FOIA, the Biden administration is a repeat offender.
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Law and Government
Small Business Administration sued for violating Freedom of Information Act
Lawsuit presses SBA to respond to FOIA request.
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