FOIAengine: Media Requests Signaled Issues for a “Party Drug” Going Mainstream
With 153 clinical trials to assess whether the party drug known as Ecstasy can help patients suffering from Post...
FOIAengine: Hundreds of Requests About FDA’s Tobacco Regulation
With cigarette makers battling for market dominance in a “smoke-free future,” legal and marketing battles are raging – and recent Freedom of...
FOIAengine: How the Project 2025 Personnel Database Gets Built
As the presidential election nears, we’ve been tracking the opposition-research strategies of both major parties. Last week, we examined recent Freedom...
FOIAengine: Latest Requests About Vance Target More Companies
The Democratic National Committee’s latest Freedom of Information Act requests reveal an expanded effort to dig up details about possible federal investigations...
FOIAengine Explores the Widespread Use of “Neither Confirm Nor Deny”
By John A. Jenkins
We’re taking a look this week at a frequently used Freedom of Information Act exemption that isn’t...
FOIAengine: DNC’s Five Requests Also Target Nominee’s Venture Capital Partners
Caroline Graham is the Democratic National Committee’s research director, a $144,000-a-year job that puts her on the front line of...