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Press release from TRAC, December 6, 2005: “The federal government is unlawfully withholding information it normally provides the public about some 900,000 of its civilian employees, including those working for such agencies as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to a …
Following up on this posting, Agencies Use FOIA Exemptions in Response to Increasing Number of Requests, news that a trio of Florida newspapers owned by Gannett, Inc. who filed a FOIA request to obtain FEMA surveys comprising homeowner data on 2004 hurricane relief services, were denied the information. FEMA cited the confidentiality exemption, and the …
AP: GOP Wants to Create Secretive Gov’t Agency S. 1873 – A bill to prepare and strengthen the biodefenses of the United States against deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness, and for other purposes. [Specific language as follows: “Information that relates to the activities, working groups, and advisory boards of the BARDA shall not …
Following up on an archive of postings on the Cheney Energy Task Force investigation, the embers of this controversy are still glowing: Press release, November 23, 2005: “United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today released a report(3 pages, PDF) rebutting the legal argument put forward by Senate Republicans to protect the Big Oil CEOs …
Following up with a link to resources referenced in my posting yesterday, Additional Gov Docs. Released From Alito’s DOJ Tenure, see today’s press release: “The National Archives at College Park will release 31 documents totaling 336 pages from Record Group 60, Records of the Department of Justice, Files of Charles Cooper and Files of the …
November 30, 2005: President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Fact Sheet: Training Iraqi Security Forces In Focus: National Strategy for Victory in Iraq Related documents: LA Times (reg. req’d), U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press Rep. Waxman Calls for an Investigation of U.S. Military …
Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, by Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici Best Legal Practices for Open Source Software: Ten Tips For Managing Legal Risks for Businesses Using Open Source Software, by Dennis Kennedy ERPs or Data Warehouses for Law Firms? by John I. Alber The Government Domain: The Cream of the Federal …
“A new study by the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government…shows the use of FOIA exemptions to withhold information increased 22 percent between 2000 and 2004, despite the fact that federal agencies responded to 13 percent fewer requests for information. The exemptions most frequently used to say “no” to requesters were those recommended by Attorney …
Washington Post: Pentagon Expanding Its Domestic Surveillance Activity, Fears of Post-9/11 Terrorism Spur Proposals for New Powers Related references: Report by the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, March 31, 2005 CIFA: Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity
According to a log [Word document: Listing of media requests] detailing FOI requests made by media organizations to the Pentagon for the period covering 2000 through February 2005, the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute, far outpaced the number of requests made by news agencies, including AP, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington …
Press release: “The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has joined with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and PEN American Center in a legal action against the U.S. Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security and the Central Intelligence Agency. In a complaint filed [November 10, 2005 – 19 pages, PDF], the national groups …
AP reported today that in a motion filed with Judge Reggie Walton, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Dow Jones has challenged Plame Special Counsel Fitzgerald’s request for a protective order blocking the release of government documents related to the case against Libby.
