Tag
FOIA
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VA pays for Agent Orange-related illnesses despite lack of evidence
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans are being compensated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for illnesses the agency says…
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Ethics audits of health-related agencies available
Every year, the federal Office of Government Ethics audits ethics programs at a few federal agencies and departments. The targeted…
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How the NHS muzzles U.K. whistle-blowers
Victoria Macdonald of Britain’s Channel 4 News, with the help of the nonprofit Bureau of Investigative Journalism, used FOIA requests…
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FOI request for H1N1 documents still pending
Eleven months after she filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for…
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Outpatient inspections show serious lapses
AP medical reporter and AHCJ board member Carla K. Johnson used FOIA requests to uncover a wealth of infection-control violations…
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‘Gold mine’ of workplace toxicity data released
After a long FOIA battle that ended with a federal lawsuit, Adam Finkel, former OSHA director of health standards programs…
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Groups give Obama “A” for openness despite barriers between journalists, federal experts
A coalition of reform groups, including Common Cause, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters and U.S. PIRG, recently issued…
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HHS releases FOIA report in less-than-ideal format
Bob Garfield of WNYC’s “On the Media” talked to John Wonderlich, policy director at the Sunlight Foundation, about last week’s…
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Sunshine Week may drop employee, fundraising
Clint Hendler reports in the Columbia Journalism Review that Sunshine Week’s only full-time coordinator will likely lose her job soon.…
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CDC refuses to hand over 4,000 pages to paper
In January, 2007, AHCJ member and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Alison Young asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for…