Category: FOIA

Following the Money

“At OpenTheBooks.com, we have a simple mission,” Adam Andrzejewski said. “It’s Every Dime, Online, in Real Time. Our vision is to post online every dime taxed and spent at every level of government across the country.” In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek sits down with Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder…


Freedom of Information Act, Enacted to Promote Transparency, Is Hiding Government Wrongdoing | Truth Over News

Dr. Anthony Fauci and his parent organization, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have dictated our nation’s COVID-19 response for the last two years. They’ve done so without accountability, responsibility, or oversight. Worse still, Fauci and the NIH have lied repeatedly to the American people. When American citizens who were determined to get to the truth…


Mom Sues School District to See Children’s Ethnic and Gender Studies Curriculum

A mother of two has gone to court to force her local school district to let her see and copy educational materials related to gender studies and diversity, equity, and inclusion training used in her children’s schools. In the fall of 2021, Michigan resident Carol Litkouhi, a parent in the Rochester Community Schools (RCS) district,…


Ernst Bill Would Create an Executive Branch Transparency Czar in the White House

Executive branch officials who fail to follow federal laws guaranteeing public access to government documents would have to answer to a newly created Director of Openness in Government (DOG) in the White House under a proposal introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “Iowans, and all Americans, have a right to know what’s happening in Washington,…


Ernst Bill Would Create Executive Branch Transparency Czar in the White House

Executive branch officials who fail to follow federal laws guaranteeing public access to government documents would have to answer to a newly created director of openness in government (DOG) in the White House under a proposal introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “Iowans, and all Americans, have a right to know what’s happening in Washington,…


FBI’s Operation to Infiltrate Right-Wing Extremist Groups Lies at Center of Transparency Lawsuit

An FBI right-wing infiltration operation tangled in allegations of witness tampering, evidence suppression, and connections to the Oklahoma City bombing has been exposed through one man’s unprecedented Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. government. And the case isn’t over yet. Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue’s 2006 FOIA lawsuit against the FBI and CIA…


Judge Gives FDA Just Over 8 Months to Produce Pfizer’s Safety Data

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Food and Drug administration to produce the documents it’s relied on to license the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, at a rate of 55,000 pages a month. The rate of 55,000 pages a month would mean the FDA has just over eight months to fully produce all of Pfizer’s pre-licensure safety…


Watchdog Group Sues for Records on Death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick

A watchdog group filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia of Friday seeking records pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act on the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. Conservative pro-transparency group Judicial Watch sued the district after its Office of the Chief Medical Examiner failed to produce records the group requested on Feb. 16….