Like many norms in the Trump era, the prohibition on federal employees engaging in political activity while at work has been routinely tested by this administration.

FOIA to USDA Rural Development asking for calendars of former Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett and Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley.

FOIA to the Department of Agriculture seeking communications of Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh containing pro-Trump phrases to determine if the OSC's new Hatch Act guidance, which prohibits discussions of impeachment and resistance, also applies to pro-Trump speech.

FOIA to the Department of Agriculture seeking communications of Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh containing pro-Trump phrases to determine if the OSC's new Hatch Act guidance, which prohibits discussions of impeachment and resistance, also applies to pro-Trump speech.

The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service records in response to our FOIA seeking communications regarding President Trump's tweets about California wildfires.

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Resource Service records in response to our FOIA seeking employee comments on the forum, "My Two Cents."

U.S. Department of Agriculture emails with American Farm Bureau Federation, CropLife America, Dow, and FMC concerning pesticides. We submitted this FOIA to get information about EPA’s decision to deny a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, despite Obama Administration concluding that the pesticide may cause birth defects.

Climate change, the Mueller report, and three new lawsuits.

United States Department of Agriculture stated that it had no records of Skype communications between Nick Ayers and agency officials.

FOIA to USDA seeking communications relating to U.S. Global Change Research Program reports confirming the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change.