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IER Sues Treasury Department for Public Records of Immediate Public Interest
WASHINGTON – Today the Institute for Energy Research filed an open records lawsuit against the Department of the Treasury relating to continuing efforts in Washington to quietly advance the “climate” industry. This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks certain, specific records relating to the […]
IER vs US Department of State Complaint 18 – 1802
This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel production under one FOIA request for certain described agency records, to which request defendant has provided no response whatsoever and therefore has denied. These records are of great public interest and would further illuminate State Department assistance with […]
IER vs. Treasury Complaint 18 – 1677
This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel production under one request for certain described correspondence dated during specified periods in 2017 and 2018, to or from one Treasury official, which use specific, provided terms such as “Bloomberg task force”, “G20”, and “climate risk disclosure”. […]
GAO vs HHS Complaint 18 -1739
This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel production of records in response to two FOIA requests to a component of HHS, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and specifically NIH’s National Institute for Environmental Health Studies (“NIEHS”). HHS has improperly denied the requests by failing […]
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At the beginning of 2018, after several successful years pursuing transparency among activist bureaucrats, office holders and even law enforcement, experienced attorneys from the litigation, prosecutorial and classical liberal think tank worlds joined together to create the non-profit public interest law firm Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C.
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GAO has begun initiating information requests of several governmental subdivisions, with many more planned. In coming weeks we will post more on these activities, their revelations, and how these play in the policy and legal world, and how the activities they detail impact your lives.
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