The Supreme Court decided on Monday that details about the US government's internet and cellphone killswitch can remain secret.
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New FDA documents released thanks to a lawsuit show the FDA may have covered up health dangers related to GMOs dating back to 1991.
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A new lawsuit is accusing the USDA of withholding critical information on the safety of GMO foods for the last 10 years.
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As a keen user of the Freedom of Information Act I have filed many requests over the years. This week I delve into some of my personal experiences with FOIA requests explaining what worked and what didn't, which requests were successful and unsuccessful, and why. I discuss the latest success: getting over 1600 pages of new material from the Pentagon's entertainment propaganda office, how it came about and why it was successful. I finish up by offering some advice to people making FOIA requests, in the hope of helping to maximize their chances of getting useful material released.
As a high school student, I came across an observation by Abraham Lincoln who said that “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” Today “public sentiment” would be called “public opinion.”
Over the years, I have been astonished at how less than one percent of the citizenry, backed by the “public sentiment,” have changed our country for the better by enacting reforms to protect the people from abuses of power, discrimination and deep neglect.
By Tim Cushing | Techdirt | May 12, 2014
This is default mode for the Freedom of Information Act.
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | March 18, 2014
The Obama years in Washington were supposed to be transparent ones, with increased public access to and awareness of Executive Branch operations. If anything, however, censorship and maintaining government secrets have been more prevalent the longer President Barack Obama has been in office.
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | March 15, 2014
A federal judge has told the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other federal offices to continue looking for records pertaining to the disappearance of four transport planes in 1980.
By Julian Hattem – The Hill – 08/30/13
A federal appeals court has ruled that the White House can keep secret some records of visitors who enter the building.
