In his latest attempt to make the Interior Department’s activities less transparent, Ryan Zinke shifted responsibility for handling public records requests from a career employee to a political appointee with a long history working for conservative megadonors Charles and David Koch. The order, signed November 20, was first noticed by the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental advocacy group that has previously sued the Trump administration for not releasing information pertaining to its planned rollback of the Endangered Species Act.

BING NEWS:
  • Richmond wants former FOIA officer’s whistleblower lawsuit thrown out
    The city of Richmond has asked a judge to toss out a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee who claims she was fired out of retaliation for refusing to violate the state’s Freedom of ...
    04/26/2024 - 10:02 am | View Link
  • FOIA Friday: Unsealed cannabis warrants and ‘highly variable’ transparency policies
    One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the Virginia Freedom of ...
    04/25/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
  • More

 

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More Politics News