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On May 1, 2013, PBS NewsHour aired a piece and ran a story online concerning a legal battle between the Drakes Bay Oyster Company and the U.S. Department of Interior. Today, Cause of Action submitted a FOIA request to PBS for the footage of...
(Photo via Politico and BGA Think Tank) A little-known provision of the Internal Revenue Code, IRC § 6103(g), allows the President of the United States to request the tax returns of any individual or business he wishes. Concerned that the...
When news of the General Service Administration’s (GSA) Las Vegas blowout broke in April 2012, Cause of Action was as appalled as anyone at the reckless waste of taxpayer dollars. But instead of focusing on mind readers and ritzy sushi receptions,...
The House Oversight Committee is holding a hearing today on “Green Energy Oversight: Examining the Department of Energy’s Bad Bet on Fisker Automotive.” We’ll be live tweeting beginning at 2pm. 1. According to the DOE Loan...
The Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program is a grant program administered by the CDC for education on tobacco use and obesity prevention. All grant recipients are notified that it is illegal to use the funds for lobbying,...
The Department of the Interior recently proclaimed in a blog that the agency is “Leading the Way in Scientific Integrity.” “The Department of the Interior (DOI) has a unique role as one of the United States Government’s leading creators...
Senator Ron Johnson has released “Victims of Government”; a project dedicated to exposing the unintended consequences of federal regulations. The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy estimates that it costs Americans $1.75 trillion...
The following is from the California Farm Bureau Federation: Why the Drakes Bay Oyster case matters By Paul Wenger, President, California Farm Bureau Federation Last week, the California Farm Bureau Federation, the Marin County Farm Bureau...
Earlier this week, Cause of Action was proud to join a number of other transparency organizations in sending a letter to the FDA concerning their FOIA deletions policy. Read more below from Open the Government and follow this link to see the...
Washington Examiner – “Officials who claim automatic sequestration spending reductions will slash the federal budget to the bone could have instead heeded suggestions last year from government watchdogs that would have saved more than $67...
