Entity: Department of Commerce

Investigations Update: Hatch Act Violations, Covid-19 Vaccine Contracts, and South Carolina Ballots

October 20, 2020
See the latest in our investigations into the misuse of government resources for political purposes, the administration’s pandemic response, and voting rights in the states.

Records Request to Commerce and Census Bureau Seeking Directives Regarding Counting People Experiencing Homelessness

October 15, 2020
FOIA request to the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau seeking directives related to the counting of people experiencing homelessness.

Records Request to Commerce Seeking Assessments Regarding Impact of Asking People Experiencing Homelessness About Citizenship Status

October 15, 2020
FOIA request to the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau seeking directives and assessments regarding the impact of asking people experiencing homelessness about their citizenship status.

Records Request to Commerce and Census Bureau Seeking Directives Regarding the Counting of Residents in Domestic Violence Shelters

October 15, 2020
FOIA request to the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau seeking directives related to the counting of residents in domestic violence shelters.

FOIA to Census Bureau Seeking Communications Around Counting Immigrants in Census

October 9, 2020
FOIA request to the Census Bureau for communications containing certain key terms in the week before President Trump issued a memorandum preventing the Census Bureau from including undocumented immigrants in its count for the purposes of reapportionment.

FOIA to Commerce for Directives Related to White House Memo Excluding Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count

October 9, 2020
FOIA request to the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau for records related to the White House’s executive order excluding undocumented immigrants from the count used for congressional re-apportionment.

FOIA to Commerce for White House Communications Around Counting Immigrants in Census

October 9, 2020
FOIA request to the Department of Commerce for communications with the White House in the week before President Trump issued a memorandum preventing the Census Bureau from including undocumented immigrants in its count for the purposes of reapportionment.

FOIA to the Census Bureau for White House Communications About Counting Immigrants in Census

October 9, 2020
FOIA request to the Census Bureau for communications with the White House in the week before President Trump issued a memorandum preventing the Census Bureau from including undocumented immigrants in its count for the purposes of reapportionment.

FOIA to Commerce Seeking Communications About Counting Immigrants in Census

October 9, 2020
FOIA request to the Department of Commerce for communications containing certain key terms in the week before President Trump issued a memorandum preventing the Census Bureau from including undocumented immigrants in its count for the purposes of reapportionment.

FOIA to Commerce Seeking Records Regarding Maximum Attempts for Census Count

October 7, 2020
FOIA request to the Department of Commerce seeking directives and communications regarding the maximum-attempts policies for the census count.