FOIA

We can never be a government "of the people, by the people, for the people" without an informed and engaged citizenry.

Aaron Babbitt is also seeking video footage of the incident, witness statements and police radio communications on the day of the Capitol riot.

There was never any compelling reason to dismiss the lab leak theory out of hand.

"We have no doubt that Major and Champ are good dogs but politicians and bureaucrats can't be trusted," the Judicial Watch federal complaint reads.

The Center for Public Integrity sought more than 100 pages of documents from the Department of Defense and White House Office of Budget and Management, much of which came back heavily redacted.

Last week, four days before the lawsuit was filed, Ivanka Trump touted a new effort by the Trump administration to end human trafficking.

Newly released files from the FBI include a scathing review of "The X-Files" by former Deputy Associate Director Cartha "Deke" DeLoach.

The issue existed in a feature that let users search existing FOIA records.

The watchdogs filed a brief opposing the administration's motion to dismiss their lawsuit against the Office of American Innovation for ignoring Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

"It was curious to us that someone who had been seemingly an advocate of equal pay would in such short time reverse course," a spokeswoman for the watchdog said of Ivanka Trump.

Pruitt has had a "consistent disregard for transparency from the time he was attorney general to his time as EPA administrator," the leader of a watchdog group said.

"It raises significant questions about whether the Saudis have essentially bought off one of the president's main advisers," the watchdog group's policy and strategy director said.

"This president entered office with more conflicts of interest than any other in history," a lead strategist for the "Need to Impeach" campaign said.

An ex-chief administrative officer claimed she was told that "$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair" after telling her superiors that was the statutory limit.

Kushner is "trying to frame handouts to the private prison industry as reform," Democracy Forward's policy and strategy director said.

Kushner's office "ignored" Freedom of Information Act requests, an attorney for Food & Water Watch said.

The government claims not to be in the business of investigating UFOs. John Greenewald and many other researchers disagree.

"I'm happy that he has, but something has motivated him," Andrew Napolitano said of Tillerson's order.

They suspect that the president's mental incapacity is being covered up.

Congress should submit parallel requests to the government agencies under FOIA.

The Trump administration is one of the least transparent in history.

The Department frequently responds to FOIA requests inaccurately, according to a new report.

Judge Gladys Kessler called the government's arguments "repetitive, speculative and extremely vague."

On Thursday night, the Times dropped a "bombshell" about Hillary Clinton, but it was a much bigger dud than people realize.

The documentary filmmaker behind "Citizenfour" filed a lawsuit against the U.S. for "Kafkaesque harassment" at airports around the world.

Judge orders pictures of detainee abuse be released after a more than decade-long legal battle.

The Obama administration breaks a record for censoring the most government records requested through the Freedom of Information Act.

A New York Times report determined Clinton's emails were not archived in real time on government servers as required by law.

Obama administration wants clarification on a judge's ruling on the photos, but the ACLU claims it's a delaying tactic.

Civil liberties group gains Obama administration promise not to destroy, return full report.