Search Results for: FOIA

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that intelligence agencies do not have to disclose records relating to their “duty to warn” Jamal Khashoggi of threats against his life. The action was brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute (KFNI) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) against [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU) filed a complaint on Thursday seeking more transparency from the FBI over its use of facial recognition software. The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about the use of the software, but the Department of Justice did not respond to the request. The ACLU [...]

The US Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a notice with the US District Court for the District of Columbia indicating that White House personnel had been instructed to preserve all presidential records according to the Presidential Records Act. This notice was filed in response to requests by US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson for [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday against a South Dakota newspaper that wanted more information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The paper was seeking to learn how much money annually goes to stores nationwide that participate in the government’s assistance program, previously known as food stamps. In the case, Food Marketing Institute v. [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In the first case, Fort Bend County, Texas v. Lois M. Davis, the court must determine whether Davis can pursue her claim for religious discrimination in court before first pursuing it through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Fort Bend argues that Davis had failed to exhaust her [...]

Immigrants’ rights advocates have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to migrant deaths along the southern US border. In a letter sent to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday, advocacy groups No More Deaths and the Center for Constitutional Rights expressed particular concern about the [...]

A federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion for preliminary injunction sought by a First Amendment advocacy group to compel the expeditious processing of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the Mueller report and supporting materials. US District Court Judge Reggie Walton ruled from the bench that the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) [...]

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Friday filed a lawsuit against two federal agencies over data they used to justify rolling back the landmark Obama-era vehicle emission standards, accusing the Trump administration of “willfully withholding” information. CARB sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) alleging failure to [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) filed a complaint on Thursday accusing the FBI of “improperly withholding” information sought in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the organizations in October regarding surveillance of black activists. The organizations sought to obtain information related to the surveillance of black [...]

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Thursday announced the elimination of a rule enacted by the Obama administration that required large employers to file individual incident reports for workplace accidents and injuries. Under the prior rule companies with more than 250 employees were required to file two electronic forms, Form 300 and [...]