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Proposed FOIA Rule Provokes Response

by PEER | January 31, 2019
From: Coastal Review “Information provided on the Federal Register states that the Department published a final rule in 2012 that updated and replaced the Department’s previous Freedom of Information Act regulations. In early 2016, the Department updated the final rule to authorize the ...

PEERMail: Shutdown Lesson for Employees – Stop Being Pawns

by PEER |
Shutdown Lesson for Employees – Stop Being Pawns This nightmarish government shutdown ended under a three-week truce as Trump threatens to do it again—for what would be the fourth government shutdown in two years. For federal employees caught in the middle of this ridiculous ...

Interior Dept. Plan to Streamline FOIA Responses Alarms Transparency Groups

by PEER |
From: Government Executive “An Interior Department proposed rule published late last month to ease the workload of its Freedom of Information Office staff has drawn fire from at least three transparency advocacy groups. The nonprofits American Oversight and Democracy Forward, as well as ...

Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt

by PEER |
From: Courthouse News “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management of the range has been inconsistent in the last decade. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai ...