From National Security Counselors:
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Tag: FOIA requests
Privacy group says DHS stonewalling on ‘electronic frisk’ technology records
From Government Security News:
A privacy group that opposes a new form of electronic screening technology has asked the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) to investigate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) practices at the Department of Homeland Security, after the agency refused its request for information on new terahertz scanning technology.
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Drone stories, secrecy, and public accountability
FCC issues cable operator pricing survey
From Multichannel News:
A random sampling of cable operators will be receiving survey forms from the Federal Communications Commission and have until July 27 to supply cable service and equipment pricing information.
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Reporter sues W.Va. State, president over FOIA requests
From The West Virginia Record:
CHARLESTON — A freelance reporter is suing West Virginia State University for failing to satisfy repeated Freedom of Information Act requests.
Hazo W. Carter Jr., the president of West Virginia State University, was also named as a defendant in the suit.
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Internal critique of Bush torture memos declassified following FOIA request
Why are the Fed and SEC keeping Wall Street’s secrets?
From Bloomberg:
As I started each of my three books — about Lazard Freres, Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) — I submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to the appropriate government agencies (the Securities Exchange Commission, the State Department and the Federal Reserve) to obtain whatever documents, memos and e-mails they had about these companies and their senior executives.
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Lawsuit: CIA withholds documents using legal exemption it does not have authority to apply
From truthout.org:
For the past eight years, the CIA has used an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that "protects intelligence sources and methods" to justify the withholding of certain records from requesters.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for March 16, 2012
A few open government and FOIA news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier. Be sure to check out Sunshine Week 2012 News while you're at it.
Government confirms it has secret interpretation of Patriot Act Spy Powers
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Agencies poorly track FOIA requests, report says
From Washington Post:
Eleven of 17 Cabinet-level agencies fail to fully comply with federal law requiring complete inventories of public records requests, and most large agencies earn a subpar grade for records management, according to a new congressional report.
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