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26 Aug 2024, 1:40 pm
— in a case concerning a request for the identity of two NIH employees involved with a research grant involving the use of human fetal tissue, granting HHS’s motion for summary judgment and upholding its use of Exemption 6 given the “sensitivity” and controversy of research into fetal tissue; noting also that the requester failed to articulate a public interest sufficient to outweigh the substantial privacy interests at stake because the identities of these employees would… [read post]
30 Sep 2015, 9:04 am
The Panel said the central question in this appeal is the scope of environmental review the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) required before a particular oil pipeline was built -- specifically the Flanagan South oil pipeline pumps crude oil across 593 miles of American heartland from Illinois to Oklahoma and owned by Enbridge Pipelines (FSP), LLC, (Enbridge). [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 1:41 pm
Fortunately, the Goodson Law Library has just subscribed to AILALink, a research database from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 3:40 am
States that sued to recover smoking-related health care costs wrested a $248 billion settlement in 1998 from cigarette makers.As in the tobacco cases, public agencies in California and elsewhere hired private law firms, including veterans of... [read post]
16 Sep 2016, 8:15 am
For individual country progress reports, visit this page and scroll down.Divided by Detention: Asylum-Seeking Families' Experiences of Separation (American Immigration Council, Aug. 2016) [text]Ending Child Immigration Detention (Inter-Agency Working Group to End Child Detention, Aug. 2016) [text]"The Extraordinary Cost of Keeping Asylum Seekers in Detention: Over $500,000 Each," Sydney Morning Herald, 14 Sept. 2016 [text]Immigration Detention in the UK… [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 11:53 am
Yesterday, in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Central Intelligence Agency released over 50 documents related to the agency's enhanced interrogation and rendition program during the Bush administration. [read post]
8 Aug 2014, 2:25 pm
In 1994 the seven CEOs of the major American tobacco companies testified before Congress that nicotine was not addictive. [read post]
1 May 2015, 7:20 am
The Petition, which can be found here, was filed on behalf of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society, the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance, the Laboratory Primate Advocacy Group, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund. [read post]
10 Mar 2016, 3:21 pm
Regulatory Bulletinhttp://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.htmlThe Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, has revised its internal agency directives for American Indian and Alaska Native relations to update the existing direction for the agency to work effectively with Indian tribes. [read post]
8 Apr 2016, 8:44 am
Vivek MurthyUS Surgeon GeneralNational Asbestos Awareness Week is April 1-7 – a good time to remind Americans about the health dangers of asbestos exposure. [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 1:41 pm
Fortunately, the Goodson Law Library has just subscribed to AILALink, a research database from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. [read post]
5 Sep 2023, 9:22 am
The internal records include guidance for agency personnel and emails — but there is little or no evidence of adequate rules to protect Americans’ privacy rights. [read post]
19 Sep 2018, 3:30 pm
Compared to the U.Sm military (which also uses lethal force abroad), the CIA is relatively less accountable to policymakers, members of Congress, and the American public. [read post]
13 May 2013, 9:34 am
When individuals "contribute" by electing to pay more, they can't specify that these extra dollars go to specific agencies. [read post]
12 May 2010, 1:24 pm
Senators John Kerry and Josef Lieberman unveiled their long awaited climate bill, “The American Power Act,” today (The bill, along with some explanatory documents can be found here). [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 12:48 pm
Our shared mission of keeping Americans safe makes the transition from service member to a TSA employee a natural one. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 1:30 pm
By reason of its unprecedented manpower and its intimacy with Congress (which often meant congressmen depended on agency personnel to help draft bills and write legislative history), the administrative state was the first institution in American history capable of systematically researching and briefing legislative discourse and rendering it tractable and legible to judges on a wholesale basis. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 9:05 am
The agency charged with brutally torturing prisoners, lying about it to every oversight mechanism, and spying on the Senate committee charged with investigating it – that same agency is getting to decide which information about its illegal conduct will be released to the public? [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 3:12 pm
PCLOB is an independent agency in the executive branch that published a 2014 report on warrantless surveillance of the Internet by the U.S. intelligence community. [read post]
23 May 2014, 1:22 pm
Specifically, briefs were filed by (1) the National Hydropower Association, Northwest Hydroelectric Association, and Northwest RiverPartners, (2) Conaway Preservation Group, (3) Farm Credit West, CoBank, American Farm Bureau Federation, California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Association, and National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and (4) Association of California Water Agencies, Friant Water Authority, Southern California Water Committee, Northern California Water… [read post]
