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16 Sep 2020, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
A “conclusory affidavit” by the custodian of the records that are the target of a FOIL request insufficient to trigger a FOIL “statutory exception” A FOIL request seeking the names of a public retirement system’s retirees may be denied by the custodian of the records as exempt from disclosure A Freedom of Information demand may trump an agreement to keep some or all of the terms of a disciplinary action settlement "confidential" A… [read post]
16 Sep 2020, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
A “conclusory affidavit” by the custodian of the records that are the target of a FOIL request insufficient to trigger a FOIL “statutory exception” A FOIL request seeking the names of a public retirement system’s retirees may be denied by the custodian of the records as exempt from disclosure A Freedom of Information demand may trump an agreement to keep some or all of the terms of a disciplinary action settlement "confidential" A… [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 1:48 pm by Matthew Huisman
The Department of Defense has settled a complaint filed by Dickstein Shapiro involving the release of information related to the death of a Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee under the Freedom of Information Act. [read post]
The first program focuses on promoting higher education and research in cyber defense and creates a talent pipeline of professionals with expertise to reduce vulnerabilities in national information infrastructure. [read post]
17 May 2011, 8:02 am by gstasiewicz
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on April 29 against the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain records related to the DOJ’s decision not to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). [read post]
10 Jun 2021, 7:09 pm by Allan Blutstein
Donnelly, Roll Call, June 10, 2021 Pentagon leaders are asking Congress to expand the kinds of unclassified information about military operations that the department can withhold from the public, continuing what has been an annual tradition for seven years and spanning three administrations.Officials with the Pentagon general counsel’s office are requesting that the Armed Services committees, in writing the fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill, prescribe… [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 7:49 am by gstasiewicz
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered emails from the Department of Defense (DOD) that indicate the Pentagon worked hand-in-hand with congressional offices prior to releasing documents regarding congressional military travel under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 1:16 pm by Robyn Shepherd, ACLU
Today, we filed a lawsuit seeking to enforce a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Defense Department, the State Department and the Justice Department for information regarding the U.S. [read post]
1 Aug 2021, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was officially established as an agency of the Department of Defense under the authority and control of the Secretary of Defense on this day in history by a Department of Defense Directive. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 7:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
An entity claiming that it is not subject to the State’s Freedom of Information Law has the burden to provide documentary evidence that conclusively establishes such a defense as a matter of lawNassau Community Coll. [read post]
29 Aug 2022, 8:54 am by Marc Garlasco
A Brief History of the Inadequate Civilian Harm Mitigation Infrastructure In 2002, I was the chief of high-value targeting, a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) civilian intelligence officer working on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff in support of CENTCOM as we planned Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:08 am by gstasiewicz
The meeting included representatives from the Departments of State, Defense, Treasury, and Justice as well as the Office of Vice President, CIA, White House Counsel, Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Security Council. [read post]
25 May 2010, 11:01 am by gstasiewicz
The Justice Department acknowledged receiving the request on June 18, 2009, but then referred the request to the Office of Information Policy (OIP) and the Civil Rights Division. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 3:22 pm by Allan Blutstein
Post,  Jan. 4, 2018 A group of civil liberties organizations is asking the Justice Department to turn over documents on its efforts to expose and force changes at troubled police departments — efforts which have been significantly curtailed since Jeff Sessions took over as attorney general.The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the ACLU sent three Freedom of Information Act… [read post]