Tag: Freedom of Information Act
Police defend withholding details in South Carolina killings
WALTERBORO, S.C. — State police told a judge that they don't want to release more information about the slayings of two members of a...
Almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID
WASHINGTON — Roughly 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for the coronavirus, according to government records obtained by a government watchdog group.
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Newspaper sues SC police over records in mother, son deaths
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of...
For years US Army hid, downplayed extent of firearms loss
The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts even as some weapons are...
US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
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Analysis of police misconduct record laws in all 50 states
CARBONDALE, Illinois — Below is an analysis of public record laws in all 50 states. It is based on an analysis of statutes and...
Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams
SPOKANE, Wash. — Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic...
Wage theft: Methodology for analysis of Labor data
To perform this analysis, The Center for Public Integrity analyzed data provided by the Labor Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act...
Judge orders Justice Dept. to release Trump obstruction memo
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before...