An August post discussed claims by private prison companies that receive federal funding currently that they are exempt from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests due to a loophole in the current law. On October 10, 2017, the US Supreme Court denied a petition by two private prison corporations, GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of … Continue reading Secrecy Setback for Government-funded/Corporation-run Prisons
Private prison companies that receive federal funding currently claim they are exempt from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests due to a loophole in the current law. The Private Prison Information Act of 2017 (S. 1728) recently introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin would ensure that non-federally run prisons are held to the same standard of … Continue reading Expanding Accountability to Private Prison Companies that receive federal funding
UPDATE–The Southern Environmental Law Center is suing the Office of Management and Budget for failing to release information about efforts to fundamentally reorganize federal agencies responsible for managing federal public lands, including the United States Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. SELC … Continue reading Government Reorganization still in the dark to both Congress and the public
GIW operates in coalition with other individual organizations and coalitions. This primarily takes place through letters and comments joined, and in regular meetings. For other work, see and search Topics Civil Society Comments on OMB RFC on Draft AI Memo re Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence 5 December 2023 Press-Release-Ramzi-Bin-al-Shibh-Defense-Statement.pdf 25 September 2023 DPC-OSP-OMB AI … Continue reading How We Operate
