FOIAengine: Revolving Door Hits Pfizer on the Way Out The revolving door between the Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry took another fast spin when Pfizer announced that Patrizia Cavazzoni would be returning to the company as its chief...
News Media and Non-Profits Probe New Trump Initiatives
FOIAengine: Leading Topics Include DOGE, Executive Orders and Confidential Data As President Donald Trump moves quickly to implement his ambitious agenda, media organizations and non-profits are accelerating and sharpening their use of Freedom of Information Act...
Agency Judges Face the Ax as DOJ Switches Sides
FOIAengine: WILL TRUMP FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES? LinkedIn is usually a repository of routine announcements and postings, but this headline raised an alarm: Expect All SEC Administrative Law Judges to be Fired Forthwith. The prediction of such a drastic...
Huge Turnaround in SEC’s Crypto Enforcement
FOIAengine: Finding a Signal Amid Hundreds of Requests Cameron Winklevoss, half of the identical-twin duo at the helm of the cryptocurrency exchange named Gemini (yes, Houston, we get it), had a big reason to celebrate last week’s news that the government dropped its...
Early Signals from FOIA Requests Show How Trump Actions Will Be Targeted
FOIAengine: Journalists and Non-Profits Gear Up Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, news media organizations and non-profits began filing Freedom of Information Act requests to gain insights into early Trump administration...
Questioning U.S. Readiness for Deepfake Attacks
FOIAengine: Homeland Security Report, Media Requests Highlight the Issue When a deepfake photo of an explosion near the Pentagon caused investor panic in 2023, the hysteria caught authorities off guard and stymied investigators. The photo spread like a contagion...