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Activists Use FOIA to Ensure Availability of Thousands of Federal Datasets
The Center for Biological Diversity has announced an effort to prevent hundreds of environmental datasets on government websites from being removed by the Trump administration. Three separate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for data sets have been submitted to eight federal agencies. Many (perhaps most) of the datasets requested are currently available on government […]
Three out of Five Federal Agencies Flout New FOIA Law
The National Security Archive at George Washington University reports that only 38 of 99 federal government agencies have updated their FOIA Regulations as required by law. Three out of Five Federal Agencies Flout New FOIA Law Audit compiled and written by Lauren Harper, Nate Jones, and Tom Blanton National Security Archive (March 11, 2017). The […]
EPA mirrors its own pre-Trump website
Gizmodo and TechCrunch are reporting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put a mirror of its own website online — a “snapshot” from January 19, the day before Trump was sworn in as president. The EPA posted a backup of its website dated just before inauguration day, by Devin Coldewey techcrunch (Feb 16, 2017). […]
White House and Agencies Close Channels of Public Communications
The trump administration seems to be systematically making it more difficult for the public to communicate with the government. Last week the White House closed its telephone comment line (202-456-1111) and suggested that people make comments on the White House’s website at or on Facebook Messenger although there is currently no way to leave a […]
FBI will no longer accept FOIA requests by email
TechCrunch and The Daily Dot report that the FBI will no longer accept Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by email starting next month. FBI axes FOIA requests by email, so dust off your fax machine, by Taylor Hatmaker TechCrunch (Feb 6, 2017). FBI will revert to using fax machines, snail mail for FOIA requests, […]
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