FOIAengine: Media Requests Were Warnings, Months Before Bad News Hit In the early days of the Covid pandemic, there was big money on the line as pharmaceutical companies scrambled to produce vaccines. The world needed a miracle. The companies that could deliver it...
How Lawyers Use FOIA for Radically Different Agendas
FOIAengine: A Tale of Two Law Firms When most people think about the Freedom of Information Act, they imagine journalists prying loose hidden facts or activists holding officials accountable. But FOIA is also a workhorse tool for lawyers. As two law firms’ 2025 FOIA...
How Hedge Funds Use FOIA to Stay Ahead of the Market
FOIAengine: Warning Letters and Inspection Reports in the Spotlight Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Food and Drug Administration by hedge funds last month revealed big financial players closely eyeing warning letters, enforcement documents, and...
Media’s FOIA Requests Target FDA Gaps
FOIAengine: Growing Scrutiny of Drug Safety and Enforcement As GLP-1 weight-loss drugs surge in popularity, major news organizations are pressing the Food and Drug Administration for internal records that reveal what regulators knew about reports of dangers...
Heritage Foundation’s Latest Blizzard of FOIA Requests
FOIAengine: Was the FTC Involved in Operation “Arctic Frost”? The conservative Heritage Foundation continues to flood federal agencies with Freedom of Information Act requests seeking detailed records about the machinations of the departed Biden administration. ...
How Capitol Forum Sweeps Up FOIA Data
FOIAengine: The Investigative Outlet Gets Active at the FDA Capitol Forum may be one of the more under-the-radar journalistic enterprises in Washington, but recently it was easily the most active when it came to filing FOIA requests with the Food and Drug...





