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Exposing the federal bureaucracy’s blurry courts
Many federal agencies prevent regular Americans from understanding what they are up to by obscuring the work being conducted by their little-known administrative law courts…
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Biden administration keeps making it harder to track government ‘guidance’ documents
Federal government “guidance documents” consist of agency memoranda, bulletins, circulars, administrative interpretations, letters, manuals, and so much more. These are not supposed to be regulatory…
The Washington Examiner
The death of democracy
Repost: Michael Pack’s piece at the Washington Examiner, as part of their Restoring America Project I have witnessed the death…
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Exposing the federal bureaucracy’s blurry courts
Many federal agencies prevent regular Americans from understanding what they are up to by obscuring the work being conducted by their little-known administrative law courts…
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Biden administration keeps making it harder to track government ‘guidance’ documents
Federal government “guidance documents” consist of agency memoranda, bulletins, circulars, administrative interpretations, letters, manuals, and so much more. These are not supposed to be regulatory…
The Washington Examiner
The death of democracy
Repost: Michael Pack’s piece at the Washington Examiner, as part of their Restoring America Project I have witnessed the death…
What's Up With That
What’s Richard Windsor Up To Now?
What’s Up With That cites Senior Fellow Chris Horner on CEI v. EPA – Complaint RE: Secret Accounts Jackson, while heading the EPA, was scrutinized…
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Request Under the Freedom of Information Act
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., and considering…
News Release
CEI Report Details Campaign to Privately Fund State Attorney General Offices to Advance Climate Change Legal Positions
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today released a report, “Law Enforcement for Rent,” detailing how activist donors are paying to place prosecutors in state attorney…
The Daily Caller
Facebook And Google Accused Of Violating Europe’s New Law On The First Day
The Daily Caller cited Ryan Radia on the impact of GDPR in enabling favorable market conditions to the dismay of small businesses. “The…
The Daily Caller
Media Take Aim At Trump’s EPA For Doing What Obama Used To Do With FOIAs
The Daily Caller cited reports obtained by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in May 2013 about the scandel in which the EPA waived FOIA fees in…
News Release
CEI Freedom of Information Victory Upheld Against NY AG Schneiderman’s Appeal
On Thursday evening, the New York Supreme Court (Appellate Division) ruled in favor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in an appeal brought by New York Attorney…
The Daily Caller
DC Think Tank Wins FOIA Case Against Climate Crusading NY AG
The Daily Caller cited the recent favoring of CEI in a case between the think-tank and Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman, over the Attorney…
The Washington Times
Democratic Governors Outsource Climate Campaigns To Activist Groups, Emails Reveal
The Washingotn Times quoted Chris Horner on the cache of emails obtained by the Competitive Enterprise Institute through use of open records requests which shows…
Washington Examiner
Competitive Enterprise Institute Re-Ups Lawsuit Against State Department For Not Releasing Paris Climate Emails
The Washington Examiner cited the Competitive Enterprise Institute on its efforts to make public documentation regarding the Obama Administration’s entry into the Paris Climate Agreement.
USA Today
Supreme Court weighs privacy rights in digital age in pivotal cellphone case
USA Today cited the Competitive Enterprise Institute about the dangers to personal freedoms and privacy for third-party information to be available to law enforcement without requiring a…
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CEI Asks State Department to Turn Over Records of Contacts with Paris Climate Treaty’s Media Cheerleaders
The Obama State Department pushed the line, via media contacts it called "validators," that the Paris Climate Agreement was not a treaty and didn’t need…
Politico
Paris Agreement Focus of FOIA Suit
Politico’s Morning Energy covers CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State regarding Paris Climate Agreement documents. The Competitive Enterprise Institute will file…
The Daily Caller
State Dept Sued for Not Handing Over Paris Accord Docs
The Daily Caller covers CEI’s lawsuit against the U.S. State Department regarding Paris Climate Agreement documents. The State Department is being sued for concealing…
The Daily Caller
CEI Sues For Paris Accord Docs
The Daily Caller reported on CEI’s role in making public information from a State Department visit to the 2016 Paris Accord which entered the United States…
U.S. News & World Report
Cutting Off Consumers
A new regulation will burden low- and middle-income Americans reliant on payday loans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just released a new rule against payday…
The Washington Times
Conservatives Fear More Left-Leaning Media With AT&T, Time Warner Merger
The Washington Times quotes Wayne Crews on the traditional importance of deregulation in communications for conservative policy and how traditional media conglomerates are losing influence…
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Exposing Washington State’s Climate Cash Scandal
Governors Jay Inslee, Jerry Brown, and Andrew Cuomo have a radical agenda unconstrained by the law or basic decency.
The Wall Street Journal
The Marrakesh Climate Express
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order in…
The Wall Street Journal
Climate of Unaccountability
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. With President Trump putting economic growth above climate alarums,…
The Daily Caller
EPA Responded to the DCNF’s FOIA Request Two-and-a-Half Years Late
The Daily Caller covers the EPA’s delayed responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent The Daily Caller…
The New American
State Dept. Sued for Secret Records on UN Paris Climate Accord
The New American covers CEI’s second FOIA lawsuit against the Department of State. On November 11, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its second…
Law360
Conservative Think Tank Sues for Paris Climate Deal Info
Law360 covers CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the Department of State. The Competitive Enterprise Institute sued the U.S. State Department in D.C. federal court Monday,…
Politico
Suit Filed for Obama-era Paris Records
Politico’s Morning Energy covers CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the Department of State. The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a lawsuit Monday seeking records during the…
The Daily Caller
State Dept Is Withholding Paris Accord Documents, So a Think Tank Is Suing It
The Daily Caller covers CEI’s second FOIA lawsuit against the Department of State for withholding documents related to the Paris Climate Agreement. The libertarian…
The Washington Examiner
Competitive Enterprise Institute Re-ups Lawsuit Against State Department for Not Releasing Paris Climate Emails
The Washington Examiner covers CEI’s second lawsuit against the Department of State over a FOIA request for documents relating to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Litigation
CEI v. DOJ (Loretta Lynch/Elizabeth Carlisle)
The Competitive Enterprise Institute sued the Department of Justice for emails from former Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s alias email address that used the name “Elizabeth…
Politico
CEI Sues for Paris Documents
Politico’s Morning Energy covers CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the State Department regarding Paris Climate Treaty documents. The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed …
The Daily Caller
State Department Sued for Internal Records on the Paris Climate Accord
The Daily Caller covers CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the State Department. A libertarian think tank filed suit against the State Department for records regarding…
The Washington Examiner
Competitive Enterprise Institute Sues State Department for Climate Change Communications of Obama Officials
The Washington Examiner discusses CEI’s FOIA lawsuit against the State Department with Chris Horner. The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed suit Tuesday against…
The Daily Caller
EPA Chief Who Used An Alias To Avoid Scrutiny Complains Trump Admin Isn’t Transparent
The Daily Caller discusses former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson’s private email account with Chris Horner. EPA Chief Scott Pruitt is a threat to…
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Loretta Lynch Fake Email Account Demonstrates Pattern of Evasion
“Richard Windsor,” the first Obama administration false-identity email account discovered (by CEI), was apparently not an aberration but a way of life for Obama officials.
Washington Times
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson snared in growing pursuit of personal Email
The Washington Times reports on CEI’s FOIA case against White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren. In that case,…
Washington Examiner
Watchdog calls on Trump to fulfill Obama-era FOIA requests
The Washington Examiner reports on CEI urging President Trump to release documents sought under the Freedom of Information Act, and discusses the issues with Chris…
Politico
Judge shuts down FOIA suit that set precedent on private emails
Politico speaks with Sam Kazman on a judges decision in CEI’s case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s director. …
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California Supreme Court Quotes CEI Victory in Government Transparency Decision
The California Supreme Court has just ruled that when a government employee uses a personal email account to communicate about public business, those emails “may be subject…
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Utah Keeping Amazon Sales Tax Deal Secret
The Utah State Tax Commission refuses to make public the details of the deal reached with Amazon due to what’s been reported as a “confidentiality…
Politico
Judge issues rare order to preserve White House official’s private email
Politico reports on a federal judge's ruling in CEI's lawsuit against the director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. …
Watchdog.org
Desperate Democrats turn to states to salvage climate agenda, but will it work?
Watchdog.org discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Late last month the Supreme Court…
New York Post
The disclosure that could end Eric Schneiderman’s career
New York Post discusses CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and his anti-free speech campaign. …
National Review
New York Attorney General Ordered to Release Climate-Change Pact
National Review reports on CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Last week, New York attorney general Eric…
Newsmax
Judge Orders New York AG Schneiderman to Turn Over Secret Climate Change Docs
Newsmax discusses with Sam Kazman the New York Supreme Court's ruling in favor of CEI in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. …
Politico
North Dakota orders pipeline protesters out
Politico's Morning Energy reports on the New York Supreme Court's ruling in favor of CEI in their lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. …
Daily Caller
Court Deals Blow To New York AG’s Anti-Free Speech Campaign
The Daily Caller discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. New York’s highest court…
Litigation
CEI v. The Attorney General of New York
In May 2016, CEI requested copies of all “common interest agreements” that were made with or that mentioned other state attorneys general or certain environmental…
Politico
Setback for EPA in federal court
Politico's Morning Energy reports on CEI's motion to compel the release of emails that a White House official stored on a private email account. …
Politico
Obama Administration Won’t Fight Court Ruling on Private Email
Politico discusses CEI's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against a White House official with Sam Kazman. Lawyers with the pro-business group who sought…
The Daily Caller
Clinton Foundation Skirting State Laws, Dem Attorney General Says No Problem
The Daily Caller mentions CEI's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Despite publicly extolling the virtue of transparency, Schneiderman himself is…
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Reaction to CEI’s Lawsuit against New York Attorney General Schneiderman
Yesterday CEI filed a lawsuit against New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman for refusing to disclose the legal agreements his office made with other state…
Politico
Conservative think tank sues Schneiderman over Exxon probe records
Politico reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman related to the investigation of ExxonMobil and CEI. The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed…
Washington Examiner
Conservative group takes New York AG to court over climate probe
Washington Examiner reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for withholding key documents related to ongoing climate investigations. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is…
Washington Times
New York AG sued over secrecy agreement on climate-change investigation
The Washington Times reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …
Washington Free Beacon
NY Attorney General Accused of Skirting Public Records Law
The Washington Free Beacon reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …
Daily Caller
New York AG That Attacked Exxon Sued For Concealing Investigation
The Daily Caller speaks with Sam Kazman on CEI's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) officials are…
Forbes
Federal Court Rules Government Officials Can’t Use Private Servers To Dodge Freedom of Information Act
Forbes discusses CEI's court victory in which the judge ruled that government official's private email accounts containing work-related documents are subject to FOIA requests. …
Daily Caller
Weekend Circuit: More Private Email Servers, Fake Diplomats
The Daily Caller discusses the court ruling in CEI's FOIA lawsuit against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The D.C.
Associated Press
Court Rules Against White House Science Office in Email Case
Associated Press reports on CEI's court victory in their FOIA case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. A federal…
Bloomberg BNA
Holdren’s Secondary E-Mail Subject to FOIA: Appeals Court
Bloomberg BNA reports on CEI's FOIA lawsuit against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian…
Newsmax
Court Rules Against White House Science Office in Email Case
Newsmax reports on the court's rulin in CEI's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The…
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Court Rejects Government Transparency Loophole Manufactured by Obama Administration
Do federal agencies have the right to shield their records from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) just by transmitting work-related documents via private email?…
Washington Times
Court rules government can’t use private emails to hide from transparency
The Washington Times reports on the court's ruling in CEI's FOIA case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The case of…
E&E News
White House loses fight over science adviser’s emails
E&E News reports on the court's ruling in CEI's Freedom of Information Act case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. …
Washington Post
Private email accounts are not exempt from FOIA
The Washington Post reports on CEI's victory in their Freedom of Information Act case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Politico
Court: Private-account email can be subject to FOIA
Politico discusses CEI's victory in their FOIA case against the White House Office of Science and Technology with Marlo Lewis. After the free-market-oriented Competitive Enterprise…
The Hill
Court: Officials can’t use private email accounts to evade records laws
The Hill discusses CEI's victory in their FOIA case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy with Marlo Lewis. The…
Daily Caller
Feds Obstruct Media Probe By Blocking Interviews With Key Officials
The Daily Caller discusses CEI's Freedom of Information Act requests for documents from the Enviornmental Protection Agency. The EPA was releasing documents for…
The Washington Post
Obama administration is not as transparent as it claims
In trying to explain how the State Department snipped out several embarrassing minutes from a 2013 press briefing video, an agency spokesman claimed that “there…
Newsmax
GMU Profs Worked to Silence Climate Change Skeptics
Newsmax discusses with Chris Horner the emails CEI uncovered through their Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that reveal professors petitioning the government to prosecute global…
Fox News
Climate spin: Behind-the-scenes emails show profs evading questions
Fox News reports on emails CEI found in their FOIA lawsuit against George Mason University professors that reveals their petition to the government to prosecute…
Washington Times
Climate spin doctor took charge after professors’ ‘mistake’ called for prosecuting skeptics
The Washington Times reports on emails revealed through CEI's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and discusses their content with Chris Horner. The latest…
Blog
Appeals Court: Students Qualify for FOIA Fee Waivers
Under the Freedom of Information Act, you can obtain government records, but usually you have to pay for them. But the law limits the fees…
Breitbart
Sons of Climategate: Dodgy Scientists Caught Red-Handed by FOIA Lawsuit
Breitbart discusses the emails CEI uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act request that reveal George Mason University professors' communications regarding their investigation to prosecute climate skeptics. …
Washington Times
Professors pushing RICO for climate skeptics have own problems with FOIA
Washington Times reports on the emails CEI and Chris Horner uncovered through their Freedom of Information Act requests, which reveal George Mason University professors' communciations…
Newsmax
Judge Scolds White House for Bad Faith in Global Warming Case
Newsmax reports on a judge granting CEI discovery in their Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against a White House science policy office. Judge Amit Mehta…
Washington Times
Obama White House showed ‘bad faith’ in global-warming case, judge rules
Washington Times reports on a judge granting discovery to CEI in their Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the White House's science policy office. In this…
Blog
George Mason University Should Obey Court, Release Public RICO-20 Records
Today, the Virginia Circuit Court in Richmond issued a ruling in our case under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA), Christopher Horner and…
Washington Times
The global warming industry’s RICO gambit
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a law adopted to fight organized crime. Yet, in recent months, a chorus has emerged calling…
Blog
Judge Orders White House OSTP to Explain Why It Shouldn’t Be Sanctioned for Undisclosed Records
OSTP failed to disclose the existence of some records in response to a FOIA request until after a federal judge had already ruled in the…
Blog
Does Global Warming Cause Severe Cold Spells? Court Orders Release of Concealed Records
On January 8, 2014, the White House posted a curious video claiming that global warming causes more severe winter cold. Called “The Polar Vortex Explained…
Breitbart
Attorney General Loretta Lynch Wants to Prosecute ‘Deniers’: Here’s Why She’ll Fail
Breitbart discusses CEI's Freedom of Information Act case to obtain documents from a GMU professor and quotes Chris Horner on the case. Unfortunately…
Heartland Institute
Critics Say House FOIA Reform Bill Would Reduce Government Secrecy
The Heartland Institute speaks with Sam Kazman on FOIA reform. Dozens of groups across the political spectrum advocating for open-government reforms have called…
Washington Times
Clean Power Plan reset sought after emails show collaboration bewteen EPA, greens
The Washington Times discusses emails obtained through CEI's FOIA request with Chris Horner. The emails, obtained by E&E Legal, the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Daily Caller
‘Captured’: EPA Let Green Lobbyists Write Its Global Warming Regs
The Daily Caller discusses documents obtained through CEI's FOIA request with Chris Horner. E&E Legal published the report in conjunction with filing briefs with…
Heartland Institute
Obama Official Sued for Access to Private Emails
The Heartland Institute reports on CEI's Freedom of Information Act request for work-related emails on a White HOuse official's private email account. The…
E&E News
Judge orders science office to turn over documents
E&E News speaks with Sam Kazman on CEI's FOIA case requesting documents from the Office of Science and Technology. A federal judge is ordering…
Washington Free Beacon
Emails: EPA Rushed to Resolve Tesla’s ‘Million Dollar’ Bureaucratic Snafu
The Washington Free Beacon reports on emails obtained by CEI through their FOIA request, and speak with Chris Horner for more details. The…
Politico
Judge tells White House to hand over docs in dispute over climate video
Politico reports on CEI's FOIA lawsuit agains the White House's Office of Science and Technology. A federal judge today ordered the White House's…
Politico
Judge tells White House to hand over docs in dispute over climate video
Politico reports on CEI's FOIA lawsuit agains the White House's Office of Science and Technology. A federal judge today ordered the White House's…
Courthouse News Service
State Dep’t Pushed on Climate Change Work
Courthouse News Service reports on CEI's Freedom of Information Act requests involving the U.S. State Department. The U.S. State Department should reveal its ties…
Blog
CEI to Appeals Court: FOIA Covers Agency Officials’ Work-Related Emails Stored on Private Server
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit could soon deliver a pivotal ruling in the case of Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Office of Science…
Washington Free Beacon
Group Defending Power Plant Rule Secretly Talked With EPA, Emails Show
The Washington Free Beacon reports on emails discussing a enviornmental consulting firms secret work for the EPA, which Chris Horner obtained through a request under the Freedom…
Politico
Appeals court could complicate Clinton email litigation
Politico reports on CEI's appeal before judges regarding their FOIA request for records an agency head held on a private email account. The…
Associated Press
Appeals Court Troubled Over Official’s Private Email Account
The Associated Press reports on CEI's appeal of the courts decision regarding their FOIA request. Three judges heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit…
Associated Press
Appeals Court Troubled Over Official’s Private Email Account
The Associated Press reports on CEI's appeal of the courts decision regarding their FOIA request. Three judges heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit…
Courthouse News Service
D.C. Circuit Poised to Release Private Emails
Courthouse News Service reports on CEI's lawsuit involving their Freedom of Information Act request, they also quote Hans Bader on the case. The…
Politico
Clinton aides’ cybersecurity emails go from 38,000 to one
Politico reports on surprising developments in CEI's lawsuit seeking action on its FOIA requests. Just two weeks ago, Justice Department attorney Jason Lee…
Townhall
What Is Obama’s Top Population-Control Freak Hiding?
Townhall reports on CEI's Freedom of Information Act request. President Obama's top climate change adviser is defending his hide-and-seek game in federal court.
WND
Another White House Email Scandal Erupts
WND reports on CEI's Freedom of Information Act request, quoting Sam Kazman on the issue. John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science…