FOIA seeking all decision memoranda, directives, policy interpretations, or policy guidance related to the borrower defense rule signed, approved, or otherwise adopted by Secretary DeVos or any other senior appointee at Education.

FOIA to Education seeking communications between Education officials and elected officials from states affected by strikes.

FOIA to Education seeking communications to shed light on interactions Education officials have had with the State Policy Network or related organizations and the effects of those interactions on Education officials’ positions on the teacher strikes.

FOIA to Education seeking communications to shed light on Education officials’ responses to, positions on, and activities related to the teacher strikes.

FOIA to Education seeking records that would shed light on the influence that for-profit companies—including current government contractors—have on plans to overhaul federal student loan servicing and collections.

Documents from ED containing information related to staffing levels at ED OCR in FY 2017-18 requested by American Oversight following reports that Office of Civil Rights staff will be reduced. The response also responds partly to our FOIA ED-18-0005 because it includes ED OCR staffing levels from FY 2012-16. The response is missing staffing levels for FY 2008-11, which we also requested.

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 to our FOIA request seeking information related the gainful employment rule and whether it was signed or adopted by Secretary DeVos or other Education employees.

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.