Supreme Court Backs Shroud on Food Stamp Data
South Dakota journalists seeking data on food stamps under the Freedom of Information Act suffered a reversal Monday at the Supreme Court.
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Employment
The Ninth Circuit amended a footnote to a decision that ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to search for documents about a man whom the agency found ineligible to be an air traffic control specialist because of his performance on a screening test.
Read moreThe A-Files
Federal immigration agencies take way too long – generally months – to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests seeking alien registration files, or A-files, three immigration attorneys and two noncitizens claim in a class action filed Wednesday.
Read moreWisconsin Court Affirms Right to Electronic Public Records
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld Wednesday an order requiring a lawmaker to provide electronic copies of emails requested under the state’s open-records law instead of giving only hard copies to the journalist who asked for them.
Read moreFeds Urged to Identify Border Agents Accused of Abuse
In oral arguments Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union urged a Ninth Circuit panel to order the Department of Homeland Security to reveal the names of agents accused of abusing immigrant children in custody.
Read moreTrump Sued for Failing to Keep Official Records
President Trump and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner have failed to keep records of meetings and correspondence with world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and members of the Saudi royal court, a nonprofit watchdog claimed Tuesday in a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Read moreJustice Officials Must Fork Over Voter Commission Emails
Striking a blow at an administration whose scorn for “email crimes” helped its rise to power, a federal judge ordered the disclosure Tuesday of emails from the now-shuttered commission created by President Donald Trump to root out supposed voter fraud.
Read moreKennedy Assassination
A federal judge ordered the CIA to search again for records requested by three former congressional staffers who believe the CIA interfered with and spied upon them during their investigation of the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King.
Read moreFishing Expedition
The nonprofit Western Values Project sued a North Dakota conservancy district for records pertaining to its hiring of now-Interior Secretary David Bernhardt as legal representation and information about a meeting between then-U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
Read moreJudges
A federal judge dismissed without prejudice, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, a lawsuit over the refusal by the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission to release records on one nominee.
Read moreJustices Urged to Bolster Public-Records Limit on Business Data
Seeking to block the release of food stamps data under the Freedom of Information Act, an attorney for the federal government urged the Supreme Court on Monday to tighten an exemption that keeps secret some types of business and financial information.
Read moreQuest for Food Stamp Data Lands Newspaper at Supreme Court
In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government’s food assistance program, previously known as food stamps. They thought the information could lead to a series of stories and potentially help them identify fraud in the now $65 billion-a-year program.
Read moreSurveillance Discovery
The Trump administration doesn’t have to release documents related to whether evidence in a criminal case was derived from electronic surveillance and therefore disclosable to defendants because the documents are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act as attorney-work product, a federal judge has ruled.
Read morePublic Record
A federal judge denied summary judgment to the Department of Justice and U.S. Marshals Service but granted it to investigative reporter Seth Freed Wessler, who seeks information on detainees who die in custody of the Marshals Service, private contractors or the Bureau of Prisons.
Read moreJudge Shuts Down Gizmodo FOIA Suit Over Trump Wiretaps
A federal judge in New York has shut down a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Gizmodo Media Group against the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged wiretaps of President Donald Trump, saying the DOJ was within its legal rights when it couldn’t confirm nor deny any such material.
Read moreDolphins
Sea Shepherd Legal brought a federal complaint to access public records on the refusal of government agencies to release documents on protections for the New Zealand Maui dolphin.
Read moreFederal Judge Slams Army Corps Over Permit Secrecy
The Army Corps of Engineers regularly violates the Freedom of Information Act when it comes to disclosing information about Clean Water Act permits, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreFeds Accused of Holding Back on California Fracking Plans
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Armed with a recent court ruling that climate change must be considered in decisions to open federal
Read moreFeds Ordered to Identify Names in Voter-Fraud Panel Email
A federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice must release the names of people mentioned in an email from a conservative group that tried to influence the makeup of President Donald Trump’s disbanded voter-fraud commission.
Read moreMueller Investigation
A federal judge granted summary judgment to Judicial Watch, finding that the FBI failed to conduct an adequate search for records concerning FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok’s reassignment to human resources from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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