The ongoing sidelining of science is especially harmful when it is accompanied by efforts to control public information.

The change is yet another indication of the sway industry lobbyists have, and a potential sign of the influence of one Trump adviser in particular.

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.

Office of Management and Budget records of SF-50s for political appointees.

Updated FOIA request to OMB seeking resumes and job titles for political appointees hired by President Trump after January 20, 2017. This FOIA updates a previous request submitted by American Oversight seeking this information.