John A. Jenkins

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SECs “Suspicion-less Investigations” Under Attack

The American Securities Association Uses a FOIA Lawsuit to Advance Its Agenda Two months ago, the two Republican members of the Securities and Exchange Commission blasted their own agency for...

“CAT” Up a Tree: Showdown Looms over SEC’s Plan...

FOIA Requests Reveal Perils and Possibilities of the Consolidated Audit Trail, aka “Mass Surveillance” Imagine a time when anyone might be able to file a Freedom of Information Act request...

Forever Chemicals Lead to Bad Times for 3M

FOIAengine: ProPublica Reporter Made Dozens of FOIA Requests to EPA Before Dropping a Bombshell Minnesota-based 3M styles itself as a friendly, people-first company in the heartland of America, innovating through...

Big Money at the Table as Vapers Roll the...

FOIAengine:  Hundreds of FOIA Requests Signaled Challenge to FDA Two companies that go by the names of Triton Distribution and Vapetasia are small players in America’s fast-growing $28 billion e-cigarette...

An Anti-Biden Group Goes All In on FOIA Requests

FOIAengine:  What Does the American Accountability Foundation Want to Know – and Why? This week we’re taking a look at the more than 100 Freedom of Information Act requests recently...

Forensic FOIA: BLS “Super Users” Are a Case Study

FOIAengine:  Traders Had an Inside Track on the CPI.  Journalists Used FOIA to Expose It. Today’s story is about the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which calculates the all-important Consumer Price...