Editorial: DEFENSES AGAINST FOIA: Non-Profit Planned Parenthood Succeeds In...
When inquiring minds want to know, non-profit organizations now have a stronger response. Last year, we posed the question: Can a non-profit maintain trade secrets and other confidential commercial...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: BLM blockade
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management finally released some records related to last year’s Bundy ranch confrontation in Bunkerville. Considering the limited number and scope of documents provided to...
View ArticleGovernment lawyers fight release of Vandy rape trial records
As the fight over records in a high-profile Vanderbilt University rape case heads to the Tennessee Supreme Court, state and Metro lawyers are arguing against the release of the case files that remain...
View ArticleEPA Moves To Sink Alaska Pebble Mine FOIA Suit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked an Alaska federal judge Friday to toss a lawsuit accusing it of withholding documents related to its decision to stop what could be one of the largest...
View ArticleImmigration Atty Decries 'Kafkaesque' FOIA Fight With USCIS
An immigration attorney accusing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of a “Kafkaesque” failure to comply with a document request on Tuesday urged a Louisiana federal court to order the agency to...
View ArticleNew York Times Gets Stellarwind IG Report Under FOIA
The secrecy surrounding the National Security Agency’s post-9/11 warrantless surveillance and bulk data collection program hampered its effectiveness, and many members of the intelligence community...
View ArticleU.S. releases report on NSA’s call collection program
The Obama administration on Saturday unveiled a 6-year-old report examining a once-secret program to collect information on Americans’ calls and e-mails, as debate gears up over the coming expiration...
View ArticleVirginia Court finds Loudoun schools not in violation of FOIA laws
Loudoun's Circuit Court declared Loudoun schools not in violation of Virginia's Freedom of Information Act on April 29. Loudoun's School Board and school and IT staff were called to court last week...
View ArticleJudge voids $403,000 resignation payoff to former Pasadena City College...
A $403,000 resignation agreement between former Pasadena City College President Mark Rocha and the board of trustees was voided Wednesday when a Los Angeles Superior Court judged ruled the board broke...
View ArticleCalifornia state senators’ calendars should be released to the public, judge...
In a groundbreaking victory for open-government advocates, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered the state Senate and its leaders to turn over the appointment calendars and...
View ArticleSecret email causes FOIA fight in Delaware
A secret, secondary email address used by Delaware Governor Jack Markell has some lawmakers crying foul. Over the course of more than six years in office, Delaware Governor Jack Markell has maintained...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Supreme Court hears Project Jackson case
Oral arguments on the Project Jackson case were presented Tuesday before the S.C. Supreme Court. The case of Steve Donohue v. the City of North Augusta, Mayor Lark Jones and the North Augusta City...
View ArticleJudge Rules Terrorist Records FOIA Exempt
The FBI rightfully withheld documents about two terror suspects because they were exempt from disclosure, a federal judge ruled Friday. Kenneth Dillon filed a Freedom of Information Act request with...
View ArticleWatchdog Group Files FOIA Lawsuit for Records on DOJ Tax Attorneys Assigned...
The watchdog group Cause of Action is suing the Justice Department for records on what is says are possible unethical disclosures of confidential taxpayer information to the White House, the...
View ArticleWestern Watersheds group files FOIA lawsuit against U.S. Wildlife Services
Western Watersheds Project has filed a federal lawsuit against Wildlife Services, saying the federal agency hasn’t responded to its Freedom of Information Act requests for documents detailing its...
View ArticleVirginia: Judge dismisses FOIA case against Pittsylvania County
CHATHAM - A judge has dismissed a petition filed by three residents against the Pittsylania County Agricultural Development Board. However, he granted them reasonable attorney fees they had requested...
View ArticleNAMA loses appeal over information requests
The judgment was given in a dispute about National Asset Management Agency's (NAMA) status, which arose after a journalist sought certain information in relation to the agency. Former Information...
View ArticleNAMA loses appeal over information requests
The judgment was given in a dispute about NAMA's status, which arose after a journalist sought certain information in relation to the agency. Former Information Commissioner Emily O'Reilly ruled in...
View ArticleChicago Tribune sues city over release of emails
The Chicago Tribune sued the city of Chicago on Wednesday in a dispute over the news organization's public records request for emails from the office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The complaint, filed in...
View ArticleKnight FOI fund helps bring settlement in Florida Governor Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Daniel Bevarly (239) 823-1811 · dbevarly@nfoic.org Knight FOI fund helps bring settlement in Florida Governor Lawsuit COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 24, 2015) – The Associated...
View ArticleVa. Supreme Court secretary responds to FOIA lawsuit
The administrators of the state court system say they're not the custodians of a collection of case records contained in their computer system, so the state law guaranteeing the public access to...
View ArticleTechdirt: Senator Wyden Warns That The Justice Department Is Lying To The...
Techdirt: We've been noting for years: when Senator Ron Wyden says that (1) there's a secret interpretation of a law that is at odds with the public's understanding of it, or (2) that government...
View ArticleWhat it's like to sue the government for data
It started out simply: Quartz's David Yanofsky was reporting a story about the number of Brazilians who visit Disney World each year. He needed data about who was entering the United States, and when,...
View ArticleHearings Begin In Journalist's Freedom Of Information Lawsuit Against DEA
A judge in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island began hearings Wednesday in a lawsuit against the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, spurred by a local journalist. Providence-based writer Phil Eil, says...
View ArticleBAE Systems moves to enter State Department FOIA fight
Two large defense contracting firms are seeking to enter a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit where the Associated Press is demanding details on a settlement the State Department reached with one of...
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