Agreeing to share data on millions of dollars it has seized through civil forfeitures, the New York City Police Department reached a settlement Monday that brings transparency to a program shrouded in secrecy.
Read moreRhode Island House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan, a Republican, sued Democratic state Attorney General Peter Kilmartin for telling her it will cost $3,700 to respond to a request for information on how the state is using money from a settlement with Google to increase school security, in Kent County Court.
Read moreThe Sierra Club brought a federal FOIA complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for information on its politically motivated corruption of climate science, presenting false information to the public, and “possibly illegal use of EPA staff time” for right-wing political causes.
Read moreRevealing details about the living conditions of hens would give business rivals an edge and irreparably harm small egg producers in Texas, an egg company executive testified Thursday on the first day of a rare Freedom of Information Act bench trial.
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency refuses to release records on its decision to potentially scrap two rules that protect farm workers from harmful pesticides, two labor and environmental groups claim in a new lawsuit.
Read moreA political watchdog says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement failed to respond to a records request on its relationship with GEO Group, a private prison company that donated $225,000 to a Donald Trump super PAC.
Read moreJust like the CIA, the New York City Police Department can now “neither confirm nor deny” the existence of documents, thanks to a ruling Thursday from the state’s highest court.
Read moreDaily Beast reporter Kevin Poulsen brought a federal complaint against the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, claiming it refuses to release five statutorily required reports on its activities, covering April 2014 through March 2017.
Read moreA federal judge in Manhattan dealt a blow Monday to attempts to shed light on the U.S. government’s anonymous press briefings.
Read moreRailing against the delays, unnecessary secrecy and buckets of black redaction ink that bedevil the public-records process, members of the U.S. Senate pressed government officials Tuesday about their efforts to improve compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.
Read moreThe mystery winner of the $560 million Powerball jackpot can remain anonymous, a New Hampshire judge ruled Monday.
Read moreThe New York Times brought a federal lawsuit to force production of Justice Department records on Ukrainian and pro-Russian lobbying firms.
Read moreSlapping the Department of Veterans Affairs with a federal complaint Wednesday, a pair of nonprofits say the VA’s records handling exposes its inherent bias against victims of military sexual trauma.
Read morePresident Donald Trump declassified details about the October 2016 order by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to surveil Carter Page so that he could publicize the memo from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. On Wednesday, The New York Times and reporter Charlie Savage claimed in a federal complaint that the Justice Department has taken too long to respond to its request for related records.
Read moreA federal judge has opened the door for the public to access certain sealed government documents related to surveillance in closed criminal cases.
Read moreAn investigative journalist claims in a federal complaint that the CIA has stonewalled his demand to access records on torture conducted at secret “black sites.”
Read moreA nonpartisan campaign reform group wants a federal judge to compel the Justice Department to un-redact names from a chain of emails secured through a Freedom of Information Act request that it says shed light on the inner workings of President Trump’s now defunct voter fraud commission.
Read moreA nonprofit conservation organization claims in court that officials at the Environmental Protection Agency and Fish and Wildlife Service are stonewalling its efforts to obtain records related to an unreleased biological opinion on pesticide use on federally protected habitats.
Read moreThe nonprofit Montana Field Campaign brought a federal FOIA complaint for information on the Department of Agriculture’s “GonaCon” study of a contraceptive vaccine given to wild bison removed from Yellowstone National Park.
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