Just The News A recently resigned Veterans Affairs Department executive violated ethics rules in dealings with her husband’s employer, according to an internal investigation that corroborated a whistleblower’s allegations to Congress. The VA inspector general, acting on a complaint from Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, concluded this week that Charmain Bogue, the ex-executive director of the …
Whistleblower Network News March 16 is Freedom of Information Day, a day during Sunshine Week which specifically celebrates the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the key role it plays in promoting good government. FOIA is of the utmost importance to Whistleblower Network News, both in the way it supports whistleblowers and their truth telling …
Tennessee Star A government watchdog Tuesday took the next step in its battle to expose Chinese connections to the National Institute of Health (NIH). “Empower Oversight filed an amended complaint today against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation for documents related to a request by Chinese researchers to remove …
“To Senator Grassley’s credit, his primary investigator, Jason Foster, was a bulldog. … It took him four years, but he finally got the key document that proved what I said was right.” — Mike German
The Federalist A government watchdog is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the agency’s refusal to comply with a pair of records requests mandated under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). On Wednesday, the nonprofit group Empower Oversight filed its lawsuit to compel the release of documents shedding light on the DOJ’s commitment to …
Just The News A nonprofit watchdog group on Wednesday sued the Justice Department, seeking to force the release of documents related to Special Counsel John Durham’s inquiry into wrongdoing during the FBI’s now-discredited Trump-Russia investigation. Empower Oversight’s lawsuit seeks to enforce two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from last summer that sought records detailing …
Sharyl Attkisson The following information is from Empower Oversight. Empower Oversight recently filed an administrative appeal challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) claim that “no responsive records exist” in several categories of Empower Oversight’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. In August 2021, Empower Oversight filed a FOIA request regarding any conflicts of interest with cryptocurrencies at the SEC, …
POLITICO … GRASSLEY ALUMS SQUEEZE DOJ OVER SILENCE ON AL JAZEERA’S FARA OBLIGATIONS: A whistleblower and oversight advocacy group formed by former staffers to Senate Judiciary ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) launched a new push over the weekend for documents from the Justice Department relating to the department’s reported letter of determination that Qatar-based Al Jazeera’s digital news …
Newsweek … As the Saudis’ and Emiratis’ main Sunni regional rival, Qatar has continuously used its massive Al Jazeera megaphone to capsize the Accords, disseminating frequent spasms of antisemitism and anti-Americanism to its millions of viewers. Over the last several years, some members of Congress have been admirably trying to press Al Jazeera in the United States to register …
Finance Feeds Empower Oversight has appealed SEC’s claim of “no responsive records” on its cryptocurrency Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization dedicated to enhancing independent oversight of government and corporate wrongdoing has not let go of the case on suspicions of improper conduct by the SEC officials when filing the complaint …