Category «Freedom of Information»

Database and dashboard – activities, groups and businesses supporting democracy through action

The Team at Horizons Project is keeping up a database about movement activity focusing on the range of activity against various pillars. The Pillars — principled collective action & loving defiance. Subject matter tools, links and resources authored by: government workers; business; faith based initiatives; professional associations; unions. Includes Tactics Used, Links and Further Details. …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine

Researcher Captures Contents of ‘DEI.gov’ Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password

404 Media [unpaywalled] “A German researcher captured the contents of the White House’s “DEI.gov” during a brief period when it was not password protected. The capture shows that the site contains a list of vague, alleged government-funded tasks and their costs, without sources or context, like “$1.3 million to Arab and Jewish photographers,” “$1.5 million …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Site tracks how much of Project 2025 has been implemented

Project 2025 Tracker – The site tracks overall progress now at 34% as well as well as detailed objectives specific to each government agency. This is a significant and very disconcerting tool. Thanks go out to the folks at the free project you can support via Patreon. See also Searchable Full Project 2025 Text: Mandate …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Courts, E-Government, E-Records, Environmental Law, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Memory-Holing January 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?

ProPublica: “On Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Justice released a 123-page report on the 1921 racial massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which claimed several hundred lives and left the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood in smoldering ruins. The department’s investigation determined that the attack was “so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence.” …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Climate and DEI Deleted From Government Websites, Federal Workers Fired

Via LLRX – Climate and DEI Deleted From Government Websites, Federal Workers Fired – Since January 20, 2025 America has been catapulted into an unimaginable inflection point. Sabrina I. Pacifici chronicles seismic events in recent weeks which have upended America’s democracy, jeopardized our economy, financial system, national security, science and medical communities, and fractured our …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, E-Government, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

The war on DEI is a smoke screen

The Verge – [unpaywalled] “Violent metaphors abound for what’s happening in Washington: Elon Musk and his allies have taken a “slash-and-burn” approach to the government and a “sledgehammer” to government institutions, doing away with supposed waste and excess while leaving the fundamental structure intact. All of this is being done with the stated goal of …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

How Trump Could Remake the Supreme Court for a Generation

The Nation: Donald Trump is poised to become the first president since FDR to have appointed the majority of high-court justices. His potential picks are terrifying.This article appears in the March 2025 issue, with the headline “The Supreme Trump Court.” Donald Trump’s first term as president gave the republicans control over the most dangerous body …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Courts, Defense, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

All the ways Elon Musk is breaking the law, explained by a law professor

Vox [unpaywalled]- “There are a lot of them. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is moving fast and breaking the law — lots of laws. The scope of Trump and Musk’s sweeping effort to purge the federal workforce and slash government spending has shocked the political world — in part for its ambition, but also …

Subjects: Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

The List of Trump’s Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF

Gizmodo –  “It’s fascism, plain and simple.Every federal agency in the U.S. is currently trying to figure out how to purge forbidden words from documents posted online, in a desperate attempt to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to purge “DEI” from every facet of American life. And nowhere is that effort more bizarre …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Recent CRS and GAO Reports Highlight Key Issues of Trump Administration

2/3 – USAID Under the Trump Administration (CRS) 2/3 – No More Deference: Sixth Circuit Relies on Loper Bright to Strike Down Net Neutrality Rules (CRS) 2/3 – Food Safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the U.S. (GAO) 2/4 – Recent White House Actions on Immigration (CRS) 2/6 – Federal Workforce Downsizing: Voluntary and Involuntary …

Subjects: Censorship, Economy, Food and Nutrition, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research

Anatomy of an AI Coup

Tech Policy News: “Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology for manufacturing excuses. While lacking clear definitions or tools for assessment, AI has nonetheless seized the imagination of politicians and managers across government, academia, and industry. But what AI is best at producing is justifications. If you want a labor force, a regulatory bureaucracy, or accountability …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Harvard Announces the Data.gov Archive

Harvard Law School Innovation Lab: “Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. It will be updated daily as new datasets are added to data.gov. This is the first release in …

Subjects: Congress, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research