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Category: Dept of Education

Dept of Education

June 6, 2018

2,500 Photos of Betsy Devos Attending Functions, Nov-Dec 2017

Part of my ongoing project requesting EVERY photo taken of Cabinet members during specific time periods.

Dept of Education / FOIA

July 25, 2017

[updated] Dept of Education Heavily Censors Its Memo on Transgender Students’ Civil Rights

UPDATE [Sept 25, 2017]: My appeal was successful. The Education Department’s FOIA Appeals Coordinator completely reversed the initial decision and has released the memo in full, with no redactions. (You can read it below.)...

$$ Watch / Dept of Education / Financial Disclosures

April 27, 2017

DeVos $$ Watch

When high-level officials in the Executive Branch buy, sell, or transfer stock and other securities worth over $10,000, they have to file disclosures with the Office of Government Ethics. I’m keeping my eye out...

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Helen Branswell@HelenBranswell·

June 17

Congress ramps up oversight over the use of non-human primates in federally funded research. @ruth_hailu_ explores the issue. https://t.co/NhyUsEpNEW

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Aaron Weiss @aweiss·

June 18

Apparently Google Calendar is down for much of the world. How will @SecBernhardt know where to go today‽ Good thing he’s got a secret calendar as a backup.

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Jake Holzman@jacob_holzman·

June 18

Here, the chief FOIA official for the office of the Interior Secretary later that month asked Cameron when she’s allowed to release a public records request

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Jake Holzman@jacob_holzman·

June 18

In March 2018, before the Interior Department formalized its “awareness review” policy, whistleblower @jclement4maine was supposed to get over 1,500 pages in a #FOIA lawsuit.

Here’s how he ended up getting less than 50. 1/

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Jason Leopold@JasonLeopold·

June 18

Documents sought under the Freedom of Information Act were withheld by the Interior Department under a practice that allowed political appointees to review the requests, internal emails and memos show.
https://t.co/XAsZIYEWyC via @RollCall

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