Tag: Freedom of Information Act

The move from Vanessa Golembewski of refinery29.com comes a few days after the producers of "Game of Thrones" said that Obama got screeners of the series. (Courtesy photo)

Reporter FOIAs Obama for Jon Snow info

Robert King · April 16, 2016 11:04 pm

A federal judge on Tuesday slammed the State Department for "bad faith" and "constantly shifting admissions" in turning over files related to Clinton's use of a private email server. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Judge slams State Dept. for ‘bad faith’ in Clinton case

Rudy Takala · March 29, 2016 10:52 pm

A federal judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to re-review and hand over to him more than 100 documents related to the agency’s deliberations over an Alaskan mine. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Energy and Environment

Judge: ‘No confidence’ that EPA’s withholding of Alaska mine documents was OK

Kyle Feldscher · March 21, 2016 8:12 pm

The Obama administration has set a new record for rejecting Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a new report. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Report: Obama denied a record 77 percent of FOIA requests

Rudy Takala · March 19, 2016 12:42 am

—œWe have a right to see these documents, we have a right to the same information that any other group out there has a right to see.—? (AP File Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

RNC head defends lawsuit seeking Clinton records

Rudy Takala · March 9, 2016 10:55 pm

Obama had promised to overhaul the FOIA process one day after taking office as president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama killed FOIA law modeled on his transparency pledge

Joel Gehrke · March 9, 2016 5:43 pm

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said, "For too long the State Department has undermined the public and the media's legitimate right to records under the Freedom of Information Act, and it's time it complies with the law." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

RNC sues State Department for Clinton records

Sarah Bedford · March 9, 2016 4:22 pm

Heather Higginbottom, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, said that the State Department received 22,000 FOIA requests in 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

State Dept. wants more money after Clinton email scandal

Sarah Bedford · March 8, 2016 7:25 pm

Sen. John Cornyn has repeatedly called on the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the Hillary Clinton email case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cornyn blasts Clinton for avoiding ‘important laws’

Sarah Bedford · March 8, 2016 3:10 pm

A federal judge had asked the State Department to produce all of Hillary Clinton's emails by the end of January. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith, File)

State Dept. preps final batch of Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · February 29, 2016 1:16 pm

Clinton has said she's confident that the FBI probe won't yield an unfavorable result for her and her aides. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Clinton: FBI probe, email lawsuits are ‘two different things’

Sarah Bedford · February 26, 2016 4:26 pm

At least 22 emails have been withheld by the State Department this year because they contained top secret information, raising uncomfortable questions for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

State Dept. to release more Clinton emails before South Carolina

Sarah Bedford · February 26, 2016 5:01 am