Department of Labor calendar entries for Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta covering the timeframe May through July 2017.

In this response to American Oversight, the U.S. Postal Service has asserted that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s calendar and calendar entries, maintained on a postal computer and used by postal employees, are not “agency records” subject to American Oversight’s FOIA request.

Barr’s frequent comments on the progress of the ongoing investigation have raised questions not just about politicization, but also about government transparency.

American Oversight letter calling upon Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate statements made by senior DOJ official Gene Hamilton during his January 3, 2019, testimony in a deposition for Saget et al. v. Trump et al. — which challenged the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants.

Records from the Orlando’s City Clerk’s Office in response to American Oversight's request for any directives, orders, or guidance from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis, the Office of Attorney General Ashley Moody, the Florida Department of Health, or any employees or representatives thereof, regarding the processing of public records requests that seek documents about the coronavirus outbreak.

In response to our request for records pertaining to a June 2018 letter sent by House Oversight Committee Chair Elijah Cummings to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the processing of FOIA requests, EPA produced a letter from its Principal Deputy General Counsel addressed to Representative Cummings.

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

Former President Trump’s early denials about the severity of Covid-19 quickly morphed into a misguided strategy of sidelining experts and exerting political control over messaging. Our investigation aims to uncover to what extent the Trump White House interfered with coronavirus-related information in service of the president’s political interests.

Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs reflecting personal email use for official agency business and communications. 

Records from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to American Oversight's request for communications concerning the involvement of certain senior EPA officials in the processing of FOIA requests.