DHS consistently receives the largest number of
FOIA requests of any federal department or agency, receiving almost 40 percent of all requests within the Federal Government.
My encounter with Mr. McIntyre's use
of FOIA requests for «audit» purposes is not an isolated event.
In other words, Ms. Toll is more than happy to take taxpayer money, but would find it «incredibly burdensome» to comply
with FOIA requests that come with being held accountable for it.
You have a right to know what's in government records, and the materials you request
under FOIA don't even have to be about you personally.
Three - quarters of the reporters interviewed who use
FOIA on an occasional or frequent basis encountered significant delays in getting information from federal agencies.
He did not mention at the time that his research was funded by the American Petroleum Institute and the Electric Power Research Institute, as revealed
in FOIA documents recently obtained by Davies.
At 6:30 on May 27th 2008, the scientists in CRU were directed
by FOIA officer Palmer to contact Ammann and find out if he considered his mails confidential.
Since I have had the pleasure of discussing this with
FOIA officers at NOAA, for example, I can tell you what they said.
Animal Folks MN has, for years, also requested these photos
through FOIA for use in cases where animal cruelty is suspected.
Virginia law exempts more than 100 types of documents
from FOIA requests, including personnel and health records, contract negotiations, and certain proprietary information.
In conclusion, I believe that Jones» actions regarding the AR4 emails are simply indefensible and arguing with the denialists over the legal technicalities of
FOIA law is simply giving them more ammunition.
I agree completely that use of
FOIA as an intimidation tactic is to be denounced.
Greenpeace obtained
FOIA documents showing Soon received more than $ 1 million of funding from Big Oil over the past few years.
The upshot was Holland
used FOIA to go after briffas closed door communications.
Plug - Ins
FOIA Accessibility Statement Privacy Policy Important Notices Information Quality
One lawyer who's filed
FOIA cases since 1978 says the Obama Administration is bar - none «the worst» in history on transparency.
Second Circuit ruling essentially permits the U.S. Department of Justice to comply with
FOIA at its own discretion.
Is the data contained in the hacked release more complete than the data you've obtained
via FOIA requests through the official channels?
See our description of each organization and the list of
FOIA contacts.
A senior State Department official requested the FBI re-review that email to determine whether it was in fact classified or whether it might be protected from release under a different
FOIA exemption.
It will provide a database of
FOIA responses and other government documents contributed by -LSB-...]
They were attacked by FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] demands.
As a consultative ally, Ben assists government clients with economic development projects and in financing equipment and infrastructure needs, solving cash - flow problems, and addressing zoning, subdivision, procurement, and
FOIA issues.
The first thing to know is that there is no specific
FOIA form that you have to fill out — you basically just need to contact the agency with a written request.
For access to pre-November 1, 1996 Reading Room records created by the Office of the Secretary (OST), please contact OST's
FOIA Requester Service Center at (202) 366-4542 or the following conventional (paper) Reading Room:
I wish I had time to do more
FOIA work... [Interestingly, journalists are among the least frequent users of this law.]
The groups compared data they received through
FOIA last year, which showed 16,220 foreclosures by Financial Freedom between April 2009 and April 2016, with newly released data that covered April 2009 to December 2016.
«Long delays in processing
federal FOIA requests already hinder the public and journalists in obtaining information that's essential to ensuring that government is truly working for the people,» says Doug Haddix, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, as quoted in National Geographic.
Sure, some recent
FOIA suits by political groups, particularly one in Virginia of Mann's emails when we was a professor there, border on harassment; but I have yet to meet any scientist who, hearing the story of Mann's resistance to providing replication data, has any sympathy for such a clear breach of the scientific process.
«He has been instrumental in orchestrating the attacks on climate scientists over the past decade in the form of vexatious and frivolous
FOIA demands, efforts to force scientists to turn over all of their personal email,» says Dr. Michael Mann, a climate scientist targeted by Horner.