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5 Dec 2011, 2:53 am
On November 28th the Department of the Interior announced proposed new rules that will "streamline the approval process for home ownership, expedite economic development and spur renewable energy development in Indian Country. [read post]
11 Feb 2020, 2:40 pm by Allan Blutstein
Department of the Interior’s FOIA backlog increased from 3191 requests in fiscal year 2018 to 4116 requests in fiscal year 2019, according to the department’s recently released annual report. [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 10:17 am by Allan Blutstein
Department of the Interior has released it annual FOIA report for fiscal year 2022. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 1:04 pm by Allan Blutstein
FOIA overhaul continues with creation of legal teamBy Jennifer Yachnin, E&E News, Jan. 8, 2020The Interior Department plans to establish a new "litigation unit" to consolidate legal challenges over Freedom of Information Act requests, part of the agency's ongoing overhaul of its handling of public records demands.Read more here (access with free trial subscription) [read post]
11 Dec 2018, 7:39 am by Ryan Mulvey
Former Koch adviser to oversee Interior Department’s FOIA requestsMiranda Green, The Hill, Dec. 10, 2018A political appointee and former adviser to Charles and David Koch will oversee Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests sent to the Interior Department, a position typically held by career staff.Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke last month quietly issued a secretarial order giving Daniel Jorjani the authority to oversee all FOIA requests at the… [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 7:34 am by Jennings, Strouss & Salmon PLC
Department of the Interior (DOI) announced on August 17 the initial steps to develop commercial wind energy on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. [read post]
1 Mar 2022, 6:47 pm by Allan Blutstein
IG: FOIA ‘awareness program’ troubled some Interior staffBy Michael Doyle, E&E News, Mar. 1, 2022 A Trump-era FOIA policy at the Interior Department caused some professionals to worry that “political considerations” were hampering the release of information, the department’s watchdog agency reported today.In a long-anticipated report, Interior’s Office of Inspector General noted that the Trump… [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 4:26 pm by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Department of the Interior (DOI) official expressed to other DOI employees his intent to assist two American Indian tribes he had worked with before becoming a DOI employee. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 1:15 pm
The United States Department of the Interior has been sued by Google, Inc. in regards to bidding over the agency [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 6:42 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
cnet: “The US Department of the Interior is grounding its fleet of more than 800 aerial drones over concerns about Chinese spying and cyberattacks. [read post]
30 Sep 2014, 8:17 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
For additional information on telework you may access the Department of Interior’s Telework Handbook at http://www.usgs.gov/humancapital/pb/documents/teleworkhandbookOctober2012.pdf. [read post]
20 Sep 2019, 11:16 am by Kevin Schmidt
Interior watchdog investigating political appointees' review of FOIA requestsBy Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, Sep. 20, 2019The Department of Interior’s internal watchdog confirmed in letters to two lawmakers that they will review the involvement of the agency’s top officials in crafting agency’s public records process which allows political appointees to review and potentially withhold documents from release. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 5:26 pm
The Washington Post reports that the Solicitor of the Interior Department has shifted half a dozen key political appointees - including Robert Comer known for his opposition to the roadless rule and a questionable grazing agreement as well as Matthew... [read post]
21 Oct 2018, 2:32 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Today I want to specifically highlight a massive request from the Department of the Interior to schedule records destruction across all of its agencies. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 2:00 pm
The teleconferences held by the Department of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been posted online by ESWR. [read post]
16 May 2016, 1:06 pm by Michael Markarian
Interior Department officials also listed African lions as threatened, dramatically restricting the imports of trophies from lions killed abroad at places like South African’s canned hunts. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 3:57 pm by Robert D. Thornton
On February 28, 2012, the President issued a memorandum (pdf) directing the Interior Department to propose modifying the Department’s approach to the evaluation of the economic impacts of critical habitat. [read post]