Transmitted: February 6, 2023 To: Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Full Letters: Letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (PDF)Letter to the National Institutes of Health (PDF) RE: FOIA Request for Information Relating to NIH/NIAID’s Failure to Enforce a Grant Provision Requiring EcoHealth Alliance to Submit …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on January 31, 2023, seeking records to shed light on the actions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, pdf) and the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General (DOJ-OIG, pdf). One FOIA request seeks documents relating to the FBI’s retaliation against Special Agent Stephen Friend …
Transmitted: January 4, 2023 To: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General; Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency; and National Security Agency Full Letters: Letter to the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector GeneralLetter to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency FOIA OfficerLetter to the National Security AgencyRE: Requests …
Transmitted: October 13, 2022 To: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General Full Letter: Letter to the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General RE: Freedom of Information Act Appeal: DODOIG-2022-000658 SUMMARY Empower Oversight filed an appeal with the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (DOD-OIG) after the agency failed to produce all documents responsive to a Freedom …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight received an allegation that while Whitey Bulger was one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, the Bureau ignored a lead based on physical evidence reported by a local homicide detective in the area where Bulger was hiding and was eventually arrested. Empower Oversight filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, one request with …
WASHINGTON — At a hearing today in Empower Oversight’s lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia ordered the agency to provide unredacted copies of certain documents in order to determine whether information was improperly redacted and should be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The judge’s order …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight filed an appeal to inadequate responses from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests concerning the tax dollars spent on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s 24-hour security detail provided by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). The public has a right to know, and …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight filed two appeals challenging the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its inadequate response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests: (1) one appeal relates to DOJ’s failure to disclose information related Special Counsel John Durham’s budget request, and (2) the other appeal relates to DOJ’s hiring of Durham critic and former …
Transmitted: June 9, 2022 To: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General Full Letter: Letter to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General RE: OIG FOIA REQUEST NO. 22-OIG-031 SUMMARY Empower Oversight sent a letter to the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) regarding an inconsistency between two letters received …
Transmitted: May 24, 2022 To: U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation Full Letter: Letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (PDF) Letter to the National Science Foundation (PDF) RE: FOIA Request for Documents Related to NSF’s Funding of Grants and Amy Catherine Sims’ Collaboration with EcoHealth Alliance SUMMARY Empower Oversight sent two FOIA letters …