FOIAengine: Hundreds of FOIA Requests Signaled Challenge to FDA Two companies that go by the names of Triton Distribution and Vapetasia are small players in America’s fast-growing $28 billion e-cigarette market. Despite their size, they’ve become the unlikely...
FOIAengine: Requests Show FDA Still Under Pressure This week, we’re taking a closer look at the numerous Freedom of Information Act requests recently filed with the Food and Drug Administration concerning the problematic India pharmaceutical industry. As we noted in...
FOIAengine: What Does the American Accountability Foundation Want to Know – and Why? This week we’re taking a look at the more than 100 Freedom of Information Act requests recently filed by the non-profit American Accountability Foundation. This group, a pugnacious...
FOIAengine: Traders Had an Inside Track on the CPI. Journalists Used FOIA to Expose It. Today’s story is about the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which calculates the all-important Consumer Price Index. It’s also a cautionary tale about how a select few on Wall Street...
FOIAengine: Insights From the Latest FDA and SEC Requests News media outlets are among the most prolific submitters of FOIA requests to federal agencies. These requests signal – in real time – the stories that journalists are researching and writing. To illustrate...
FOIAengine: As Deaths Mounted, J&J “Promised to Correct” – and Sought FDA Records Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) proudly calls itself “the world’s largest and most diversified healthcare products company.” The company had $85 billion in sales last year, and...
