Published on: 2025-06-16 13:55:36
United States District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency is subject to FOIA requests. Cooper’s ruling is long, catty, and funny. It comes to the ultimate conclusion that the “[United States Digital Service] is likely covered by FOIA and that the public would be irreparably harmed by an indefinite delay in unearthing the records.” The court filed the ruling on March 10, and Court Watch published it on March 14. The ruling is part of an ongoing b
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March 2, 2025 — Matt Chapman Thomas Ptacek, a friend and expert witness in this lawsuit summed it up best in the court's hallway while walking within three feet of opposing counsel: "This is fucking stupid". His companion post explains why. Intro Working with the City of Chicago's parking ticket data—which I've received through FOIA—has always been a pain, especially in terms of knowing what exactly to request. In August 2018, I attempted to generally solve that problem, by submitting a requ
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Should public bodies in Illinois, like cities and school districts and sheriff’s departments, be allowed to hide information from Freedom of Information requests by keeping them in databases? That question is before the 104th Illinois General Assembly, thanks to a bill sponsored by Donald P. DeWitte, elected state senator by the wise citizens of Batavia and Elgin (motto: “The City In The Suburbs”; indeed), and prompted in part by my friend Matt Chapman. I play a very small part in this story, s
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