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Judge throws out DOE’s blanket ‘still interested’ FOIA policy
Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled the Energy Department lacked authority to require all older FOIA requesters to reaffirm interest, citing government transparency duties.
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American Oversight Wins Key Court Ruling Striking Down Energy Dept.’s Unlawful FOIA Purge Policy
Wednesday, in a significant victory against the Trump administration’s ongoing war on government transparency, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of American Oversight, striking down a Department of Energy (DOE) policy that would have allowed the agency to potentially close thousands of properly submitted, pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The ruling blocks an unlawful attempt…
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