Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This last weekend I finished my latest book for O’Reilly: HTML5 Media. This is one of O’Reilly’s shorter books (about 100 pages), primarily focused at the eBook market, though you can get a hard copy with print-on-demand. The book focuses on the HTML5 audio and video elements. I cover how to […]
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Dollarhites: A saga that should end
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I did hear back from the USDA regarding my FOIA request related to the Dollarhite rabbit mill case. Since the case is still not finished, they can’t release any of the investigative material. All 120 pages of it. Yeah, that tells me there’s a lot more going on then has been […]
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No Justice for Dogs
I received the disposition records sent to the Missouri Department of Agriculture as part of the consent decree for the closure of S & S Family Puppies. I’ve linked the PDF of the records, but note it is a rather large document. The disposition records were from the auction of the dogs. All but a few of […]
It is not difficult to make a digital copy of an inspection report. Most modern printers that make copies now have the ability to scan the copies into a PDF just as quickly as you can make the paper copy. There is no reason for any agency, Missourian or otherwise, to not have digital copies […]
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Sunshine Law and FOIA requests
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. It’s a simple matter to check breeder inspections at the USDA since the agency provides a database of inspection reports for the last three years. The Department of Agriculture (MDA), however, does not make records easily accessible. To access inspection records for a commercial dog breeder in Missouri, you have […]