BurningbirdThe NSA has recently declassified its internet research how-to manual, Untangling the Web: An Introduction to Internet Research (PDF), and evidently someone grabbed it via a FOIA request. It’s 600 pages, folks. It is going to be a slow download. It’s also based on 2007 technology, which is something like 1 1/2 internet generations ago. Still, it is […]
I received a CD with Administrative Record documents I requested via FOIA from the EPA. These documents were submitted by the EPA based on a request from the Sacketts in the Sackett et al vs. Johnson et al court case, otherwise known as the Sackett vs. the EPA. This case received a very narrow decision in […]
I wrote earlier (An Open PACER) that we don’t need a formalized open alternative to PACER, all we need do is post court documents with appropriate labels, and the search engines become the alternative system. This week I became aware of another case I wanted to follow: Trumpeter Swan Society et al vs. the EPA. […]
I discovered another very open law journal, the Georgetown Law Journal. I found it when following a link from the New York Time’s Mark Bittman to Combating Obesity with a Right to Nutrition, which I immediately snagged for my personal use. I’ve added The Georgetown Law Library to my Open Document Sites sidebar links. Now excuse me […]
I made a request to Fish & Wildlife for a copy of the Have Trunk Will Travel CBW permit. Access the supplied documents, including material from past requests, too. The US Fish & Wildlife Service is responsible for enforcing the Endangered Species Act. As part of this Act, an individual or organization that wants to use […]