#FOIAs

Kristen Schorsch

THREAD: There’s a troubling pattern emerging as I try to cover a pandemic. I ask #Illinois and #Chicago public health officials questions. For some they won’t answer, I file a

This is DAY TEN that the Gazette-Mail has not been granted a question to the Governor. We have emailed others in the administration. We have called. We have left voicemails.

Carol Anne Donohoe

This fact does not get enough attn in the talk on family separation a/k/a govt kidnapping. The excuse given for separation is that parent illegally entered but - as you've

This story is amazing, but for none of the reasons intended by @politico, I suspect.https://politi.co/3dQwGrF This paragraph is either an Escher drawing or a Rorschach test. I can’t decide which.

Brandon Brockmyer

A new report from @doioig will raise fresh questions about whether @Interior Solicitor @DOIJorjani lied to @RonWyden about his role in the agency's controversial FOIA "awareness review" process during his

DHensleyChicago

Chicagoans likely want to know what the Chicago Office of Emergency Management & Communications (OEMC) was up to during the mass protests at the end of May, and beginning of

I filed FOIAs about the Chinese Mystery Seeds with state departments of agriculture in all 50 states. I received thousands of emails, spreadsheets, complaint forms, presentations, voicemails. The takeaway is

ChicagoTeachersUnion

There's a lot wrong with the decisions CPS and the mayor make around our schools. It's hard to know where to begin sometimes. Perhaps the most glaring in this case

NEW: I got a couple big FOIA requests back recently for correspondence between members of Congress and @USTradeRep about tariff exclusions. One thing jumped out: The lengths to which Polaris,

Peter Fairley #FreeSeams

It's an ugly picture when science offers solutions and political animals hide them in the trash. That's what Trump's appointees at DOE have been doing for the past 2 years.

American Oversight

The Pentagon’s deputy inspector general Glenn Fine resigned today. Last month, Pres Trump removed Fine as chairman of the committee overseeing $2 trillion in emergency Covid-19 funds. IGs are under

American Oversight

Federal investigators searched Rudy Giuliani’s apartment this morning as part of an investigation into his possible violation of federal lobbying laws — so let’s do a quick review of what

American Oversight

For this #FOIAFriday, we’re discussing allegations made in John Bolton’s new book that have prompted widespread press coverage. What did we know before? How can FOIA requests and lawsuits uncover