FOIA request to multiple component agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Defense seeking terms of contracts with Novavax, Pfizer, Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson & Johnson for coronavirus vaccine and therapeutics development.

FOIA request U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Defense component agencies seeking terms of contracts with Novavax, Pfizer, Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson & Johnson for coronavirus vaccine and therapeutic development

The Department of the Army stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for reports, studies, or data concerning incidents of white supremacist, white nationalist, white separatist, far-right, alt-right, or pro-Nazi activity or ideology among military personnel.

American Oversight is suing for records about the secretary of state's potentially questionable housing arrangements.

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the Department of State, the General Services Administration, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Navy for records reflecting payments made to any military component by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, members of his family, or the Department of State for military housing in the Washington, D.C. region. This lawsuit also seeks related communications.

Records from the Department of the Army in response to American Oversight's request for reports, studies, or data concerning incidents of white supremacist, white nationalist, white separatist, far-right, alt-right, or pro-Nazi activity or ideology among military personnel.

Here’s a look at the investigations our team has been pursuing through public records requests and Freedom of Information Act litigation in the last week.

FOIA to multiple agencies seeking records reflecting directives and guidance given to federal police forces regarding self-identification and display of badges and uniforms, use of force guidelines, or deployment orders.

The irony of protests against police brutality being met with violent escalation by law enforcement is perhaps matched only by the authoritarianism of the president and attorney general. 

FOIA to the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. National Guard seeking records regarding the decision to employ low-flying helicopters, including one bearing Red Cross markings, to intimidate and disperse peaceful protesters in downtown Washington, D.C.