Following reports that high-level Trump administration officials expressed concern about the “loyalty” of career civil servants at the State Department, and even explored ways to “purge” some of those career employees from their positions. American Oversight submitted this FOIA to determine whether similar conversations occurred at other agencies.

American Oversight sued 18 agencies in order to force the release of resumes for political appointees across the Trump administration. This is the second lawsuit that American Oversight has filed seeking appointee resumes. FOIA requests included in this complaint cover appointees who joined the administration in the time period follow the first sets of resumes we obtained in 2017.

No records response regarding the contract awarded to Whitefish Energy following the hurricane in Puerto Rico.

After uncovering new details about office renovation expenses at HUD and the EPA, American Oversight filed a broad, multi-agency lawsuit to find out how much taxpayer money senior Trump administration officials – including Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross – have spent to upgrade their personal offices. 

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against 16 federal agencies seeking records of expenditures made to upgrade or renovate the offices of senior political appointees. 

Oaths of office from the Department of the Defense that employees were required to take prior to employment.

Department of Defense records regarding the Trump cabinet's use of military aircraft for official or personal travel. Records include one use of MILAIR for Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to visit flood zones in Arkansas; the remainder are for DNI Dan Coats. Department of Defense records showing requests from agency heads and White House officials to use military aircraft for travel.

Response from DOD to American Overisight's request for resumes and titles of political appointees. The response includes a list of political appointees as of April 12 (the date of the request) and resumes; the cover letter affirmatively states that a search for conflicts or ethics waivers or authorizations identified no records, and OCG certified that there are none.

FOIA seeking records sufficient to identify all visitors to the Naval Observatory and visits to Mike Pence.

FOIA to Air Force seeking any records related to Mike Pence travel.