Interior to Deny More FOIA Requests – Especially from Media
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Susan Sargent | December 31, 2018
Proposed Rules Facilitate Request, Fee Waiver, and Expedited Processing Rejections ...
PEERMail: Closing Out Our 25th Year
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Susan Sargent |
Closing Out Our 25th Year This year, PEER celebrated its 25th anniversary. While we are not a big organization, we have generated a track record of major accomplishments in that time. 2018 was no exception. During the past twelve months, for example, we – Exposed perhaps the largest case ...
‘War on Transparency’: US Agency Plans Crackdown on Information Requests
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Susan Sargent | December 30, 2018
From: The Guardian “Overall, though, Ruch said the department’s efforts to alter its Foia policies will “increase the burden on requestors and create a lot more confusion”. “This appears to be an attempt to buttress the bunker and make the department less transparent,” he says ...
Sanders County: The Year in Review
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Susan Sargent | December 28, 2018
From: Clark Fork Valley Press “Federal wildlife officials have agreed to prepare a conservation plan for Montana’s National Bison Range as part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought by an environmental group. The settlement filed last week in U.S. District Court resolves a 2016 ...
Ralph Nader: Ralph’s Year End Charitable Giving Favorites
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Susan Sargent |
From: The Litchfield County Times “A group of U.S. Forest Service professionals started this remarkable group, which has since spread to civil servants in other federal agencies such as the EPA and the Department of the Interior. PEER’s staff is knowledgeable, organized and relentless ...