Amid repeated, widespread mischaracterization of requests for public records as seeking “private emails” — open records laws do not cover private emails — and constitute “harassment” that threaten to chill research, CLW endorses the comment of David Cuillier, then-director of the University’s School of Journalism, and member of the Society of Professional Journalists’s freedom of information committee:
Energy Department Hit With FOIA Lawsuit Over Green Tax Credit Lobbying Campaign
A free market think tank is suing the Department of Energy (DOE) to release records related to a lobbying effort to permanently instate a green energy tax credit that has produced major profits for Wall Street. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed the lawsuit Tuesday. The conservative organization is seeking records related to a tax […]
DoE Sued for Reversal, Stonewall on ‘Green’ Tax Credit Scheme Documents
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for failing to comply with a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). CEI is asking the court to declare CEI is entitled to the records requested, compel DOE to produce the requested […]