Enforcing Transparency /// Citizen Oversight /// Undeleting /// FOIA
As part of the standard process of determining when federal agencies can destroy their documents, the Department of the Interior is asking for permission to destroy massive amounts of existing and future records, as well as keeping other records permanently.
NEW: Internal Trump admin email shows @TheJusticeDept discussing the possibility of changing current legal protections that keep census info confidential & that sharing individuals’ responses w law enforcement, national security officers may “come up later for renewed debate”👇
In this week’s batch of #FOIA documents from Government Attic: a bunch of internal material from the National Labor Relations Board and a bit from the National Indian Gaming Commission.
https://t.co/2p52omtVIN
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Fun #FOIA Fact: sometimes the government will tout the number of pages it has released in response to a given request. There are many ways in which this can be a misleading stat. Here, for instance, are 4 “released” — and unredacted! — pages from my lawsuit.
When a rape case is closed, you’d think that meant there was an arrest.
That’s not true for cases cleared by exceptional means.
🔎Could your police department be inflating its rape clearance rates?
https://t.co/KeDtvVfk9Z
This is an outrage. DOJ’s refusing to release Whitaker’s financial disclosure form is illegal, unheard of, and highly suspicious. What is DOJ hiding? https://t.co/QJV1QOj9Ic
