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...
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...
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...
FOIAengine: Vought’s Center for Renewing America Shows the Priorities of OMB’s New Director. But Will He Be in Synch with Musk? This week, we’re looking at the events, and the players, involved in the shambolic roll-out of the Trump Administration’s...
FOIAengine: Over 1,500 Requests Probe Views Using FOIA A new FOIAengine analysis of just-released Department of Defense Freedom of Information Act requests reveals the extent to which the conservative initiative Project 2025 used massive numbers of FOIA requests to...
FOIAengine Breaks Down Court Cases, NLRB Actions, and Recent FOIA Requests On Brian Niccol’s first day four months ago as the new CEO of Starbucks, he sent out a memo to the coffee chain’s 200,000 employees. Starbucks had seen four CEOs in as many years. Labor...
