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ICE releases personal information of immigrant-crime hotline users

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the private information of hundreds of people who called the agency’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), The Arizona Republic reported Sunday. Call logs to the VOICE hotline were posted to the agency’s website, and ICE released some private information to The Arizona Republic through a Freedom of […]

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Travel Ban Report Released by Homeland Security Watchdog after Groups File Records Appeal

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WASHINGTON – Open the Government (OTG) and the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) applauded the release today of a report by the Homeland Security Administration’s Inspector General that critiqued the Trump Administration’s handling of its controversial travel ban that caused chaos and protests across the nation in January 2017. The release of the redacted report came […]

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Missouri attorney general accuses St. Louis County ExecutiveSr of violating open records law

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Missouri’s attorney general has accused St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger of multiple violations of the Missouri Sunshine Law. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Josh Hawley, a Republican, accuses Stenger, a Democrat, of failing to respond to records requests by the deadline set in state law. Stenger’s office is also accused of failing to have […]

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With move to expand open-records law pending, most Pa. agencies get few requests

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The president tried to block a book’s publication. Philadelphia’s district attorney caught criticism for the secrecy surrounding controversial staff changes. New Jersey authorities banned a best-selling book on mass incarceration in two state prisons, prompting the state’s American Civil Liberties Union to intervene. And two Philly journalists recently had to sue to force city officials […]

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TX: City of Odessa fighting release of payout in city attorney case

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The City of Odessa disclosed paying $23,300 to an outside law firm for work on the sexual harassment complaint involving City Attorney Larry Long, whose resignation is due to take effect at the end of next month. But the city is still fighting to withhold records showing whether the legal assistant who filed a federal […]

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SEC Proposes To Rewrite The FOIA

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For more than a half century, the Freedom of Information Act (aka FOIA) grants any person a legally enforcable right to obtain access to federal agency records (with certain exceptions). The FOIA requires federal agencies to promulgate regulations, “specifying the schedule of fees applicable to the processing of requests”  and “establishing procedures and guidelines for […]

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Prisoner’s Wins Appellate Court seeking Department of Corrections federal funding log

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A prisoner at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton has won an Open Public Records Act case at the New Jersey Appellate Court division level that is also a victory for open government advocates. Prisoner Kevin Conley sought data generated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections regarding federal funding logs that is subject […]

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AG: Austin must be transparent on city manager candidates

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Open government advocates are cheering an opinion by the Texas attorney general’s office that Austin cannot withhold records showing who applied for city manager. Austin officials had withheld the record by claiming the information would harm the city’s competition among applicants. However, in a nonbinding opinion released Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Taylor said the […]

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Advocates Probe WA State Agency’s Relationship to ICE in FOIA Request

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SEATTLE – Immigrant and human rights advocates announced Tuesday they’re seeking more information on the collaboration between a Washington state agency and federal immigration authorities.  Freedom of Information Act requests have been filed to find out how much the Washington state Department of Licensing shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Last week, The Seattle Times […]

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Freedom of Information Act Suits Increase Sharply Under Trump

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Since President Donald Trump took office, Freedom of Information Act lawsuits filed by individuals and organizations seeking federal government information have risen by 26 percent, an overall increase of 70 percent from just five years ago. This is according to new data released Monday by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse’s (TRAC) FOIA Project. The Freedom […]

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