The attached document obtained under public records laws represents a contract between San Francisco City and County and the plaintiffs’ law firms Sher Edling LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP. The former of those firms, other public records also obtained by Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C., show, is actively recruiting cities to file suit against energy […]
Union of Concerned Scientists is Wrong, An Open Record Policy is Good for Science
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 […]