The nomination period for the 2025 Sunshine Week FOIA Awards is now open! Nominations are due by December 6, 2024. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
The nomination period for the 2025 Sunshine Week FOIA Awards is now open! Nominations are due by December 6, 2024. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
The CFO Council will hold its next public meeting on November 7, 2024. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Newly issued 2024 Summary and Assessment highlights a range of efforts by agencies in key areas of FOIA administration and includes OIP guidance for further improvement. OIP also issues new Guidelines for 2025. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
September's cases include violations involving the smuggling of Marco Polo argali sheep into the U.S., and tropical birds in the Caribbean, severing of a smalltooth sawfish, selling of eagle parts, dogfighting, asbestos abatement, oil pollution, destruction of wetlands, and more. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
The Office of Information Policy announces Annual FOIA Report, Chief FOIA Officer Report, and Quarterly Report submission deadlines and resources. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
When signing the Voting Rights Act in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson called on leaders to register voters and to use the courts if necessary to defend the right. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
The Office of Information Policy (OIP) has updated its FOIA Exemption 3 resources. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
August's cases include violations involving the smuggling of eastern box turtles, the smuggling of American eels and tropical birds in the Caribbean, dogfighting, asbestos abatement, OSHA violations causing an employee's death, and more. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
The mission of the Justice Department is to uphold the rule of law, keep our country safe and protect civil rights. For 25 years, the Professional Responsibility Advisory Office (PRAO) has assisted department attorneys in carrying out this mission with the highest standards of professionalism. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Next month is the 15th anniversary of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a landmark law that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has used since 2009 to prosecute those who commit hate crimes. Over the next several months, the Civil Rights Division will highlight our work to combat hate crimes. Today’s blog post will discuss our work in combating hate crimes that target Black people. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
July's cases include violations involving crab shipments, bird fighting, drugs, pesticide smuggling, worker death, asbestos removal, emissions tampering, falsified fishing records, dog fighting, reptile trafficking, cougar hunts, and more. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
This article originally appeared in the ABI Journal, Vol. XLIII, No. 8, August 2024. Continue reading at the publisher's website.