U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan calls speed of government response “unreasonable” When government offers to double the speed its response, Judge Chutkan replies: “But that will take us to, what, seven years instead of 14?” I’ve been seeking public information on […]
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The federal government is spending more of your tax dollars defending yet another lawsuit for its unlawful response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. According to watchdog The Center for Public Integrity: “The Center for Public Integrity [yesterday] filed
In 2009, when President Obama ordered federal agencies to be more open and err on the side of releasing material to the public, this can’t be what anyone had in mind: thousands of pages of HealthCare.gov public business conducted via
The title of my presentation at the current University of Florida Freedom of Information (FOI) conference was “The Rightful Owners of Public Information.” That’s the theme in a nutshell. It’s clear from listening to panelists such as AP’s head of
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The following is a reprint of a “University of Florida News” article Investigative journalist and author Sharyl Attkisson will speak on “The Rightful Owners of Public Information” on Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m. in Weimer Hall’s Gannett Auditorium on
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(Above Image: FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.) On Nov. 19, I filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) lawsuit against the Department of Justice, which oversees the F.B.I.. For over a year, I had been pursuing public information that the F.B.I.
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Update: [ilink url=”https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/sharyl-attkisson-emmy-award-winning-journalist-teams-judicial-watch-sue-hhs-key-healthcare-gov-records/”]Read the background to my FOI request here[/ilink] [ilink url=”https://www.judicialwatch.org/cases/sharyl-attkisson-v-u-s-department-health-human-services-114-cv-01348/”]Read more about my FOI request here[/ilink] Squeezing public documents from federal officials hasn’t been easy for me under any administration. But, like many journalists, advocacy groups and members
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The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch is asking the court to lift the “temporary” delay it granted the Justice Department allowing it to withhold Fast and Furious records. Nearly two years ago, on June 20, 2012, President Obama asserted executive privilege
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