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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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CJ Ciaramella@cjciaramella·

October 16

Wow, a big Reuters investigation puts a number on the disgusting amount of jail deaths in the U.S. and confirms that jail deaths have risen significantly over the last decade https://t.co/uiFhBIrICu

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Brad Heath@bradheath·

October 16

A new legal milestone for President Trump’s tweets: U.S. Dist. Judge Reggie Walton says DOJ needs to find out directly from the president whether he meant what he tweeted about having declassified a bunch of Russia-investigation documents.

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Talia Buford@TaliaBuford·

October 14

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Dave Jamieson@jamieson·

October 15

A recent change by Trump’s OSHA all but assures that employers won’t have to tell the agency when workers are hospitalized with COVID-19. Because if we aren’t aware of the infections, then the infections aren’t happening. https://t.co/I0bqkYm7ce

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Reclaim The Records @ReclaimTheRecs·

October 15

BIGGEST. FOIA. EVER. Reclaim The Records takes on the US National Archives, for billions (yes, BILLIONS) of historical records – https://t.co/aYn0e3JMXx

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