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White House and Department of Justice Memos

May 20, 2014

FOIA request to EPA regarding:

  1. All documents and communications between and among employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and employees of the Executive Office of the President, including, but not limited to, the White House Office and the Office of  Management and Budget, referring or relating to congressional requests for information. The relevant time period for this request is April 15, 2009 to May 15, 2014.
  2. All documents produced to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in response to their November 7, 2013 subpoena served upon EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

In 2013, Cause of Action sent 20 FOIA requests to various agencies regarding the review of agency records by the Office of White House Counsel.

AgencyRequest DateFinal ResponseResponse Time*Documents
NARA11/26/2013
12/9/20138No responsive docs
NASA11/26/2013
12/24/201319No responsive docs
SBA11/26/2013
2/21/2014 58No responsive docs
GSA11/26/2013
1/9/2014
30PDF
Education8/9/2013
9/3/201316
EPA7/2/2013
9/30/2013
62PDF
DOI**8/9/2013
11/8/2013
53PDF
USDA11/26/2013
2/27/2014
62PDF
DOL11/26/2013
6/27/2014147
Commerce11/26/2013
7/25/2014166PDF
Energy**6/26/2013
10/27/2014335
DHS11/26/2013
Response Pending238
DOJ11/26/2013
Response Pending238
DOT11/26/2013
Response Pending238
HUD11/26/2013
Response Pending238
State11/26/2013
Response Pending238
VA11/26/2013
Response Pending238
DOD**8/9/2013
Response Pending312
HHS**8/9/2013
Response Pending312
Treasury (IRS)**5/29/2013
Response Pending363

*As of November 6, 2014

** Government shutdown ran October 1 through October 16, 2013 (10 business days) which is subtracted from pending days.

FOIA Appeals

March 27, 2014: FOIA Appeal to USDA

April 2, 2014: FOIA Appeal to GSA

Agency Inspectors General’s Reports on FOIA

In the wake of the DHS FOIA scandal, Senator Grassley and Congressman Issa sent a joint August 25, 2010 letter to 29 Inspectors General, asking them to investigate: (a) whether FOIA requests were given more scrutiny based upon the identity of the requester, and (b) the extent to which political appointees were systematically made aware of the requests and participate in FOIA decision-making. Cause of Action sent FOIA requests to the agencies that had not publicly posted their responses to the inquiry.

Federal AgencyRequest DateFinal ResponseResponse Time Link to Report
DHS OIGPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
DOE OIGPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
DOT OIGPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
EPA OIGPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
NRC OIGPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
SEC OIGPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
SSAPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
StatePublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
Treasury IGPublicly postedPublicly postedPublicly postedReport
FHFA5/30/2013
5/31/2013
2Report
HHS OIG5/30/2013
6/3/2013
3Report
SBA5/30/2013
6/6/2013
6Report
DOI OIG5/30/2013
6/7/2013
7Report
DOL OIG7/9/20147/18/20147Report
GSA OIG5/30/2013
6/12/2013
10Report
OPM OIG5/30/2013
6/12/2013
10Report
DOC OIG5/30/2013
6/14/2013
12Report
NASA OIG5/30/2013
6/14/2013
12Report
FTC 5/30/2013
6/17/2013
13Report
GAO5/30/2013
6/17/2013
13Report
HUD OIG5/30/2013
6/21/2013
17Report
VA OIG5/30/2013
6/24/2013
18Report
DOD OIG5/30/2013
6/27/2013
21Report
NARA OIG5/30/2013
7/8/2013
28Report
Education OIG5/30/2013
7/23/2013
39Report
DOJ5/30/2013
9/18/2013
80Report
USDA OIG5/30/2013
9/20/2013
82Report
EAC OIG5/30/2013
9/30/2013
88Report
CIA OIG5/30/2013
Failed to fulfill request

 

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