Ally Audio: Digging Into What Information is Public (and What’s Exempt)
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On this week’s show, Hannah Truby jumps into the co-chair. Noah and Hannah talk about efforts to save Mono Lake, and recent unionization successes in southern Nevada. Then, we talk about the use and history of the Freedom of Information Act, before welcoming the Ally’s summer intern, Daisy Gomez onto the show.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.snwa.com/water-resources/where-water-comes-from/index.html
https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-colorado-river-agreement/
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/d9/what_are_the_9_foia_exemptions.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)
https://www.samhsa.gov/about/laws-regulations-policies/freedom-information-act
https://www.justice.gov/archives/open/foia
https://www.dea.gov/foia/about-foia
https://www.foia.gov/about.html
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/freedom-of-information-act-foia
https://department.va.gov/foia/about-the-act/
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9579&context=penn_law_review
https://www.rcfp.org/open-government-sections/c-what-records-are-and-are-not-subject-to-the-act/
https://www.csldf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CSLDF-Report-2021.pdf
https://granicus.com/blog/foia-101-demystifying-public-records-laws-in-each-state/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)
https://www.ncsl.org/center-for-legislative-strengthening/public-records-law-and-state-legislatures
https://www.justice.gov/d9/what_are_the_9_foia_exemptions.pdf
https://www.fincen.gov/foia-exemptions-and-exclusions
https://www.secretservice.gov/foia/exemptions
https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition-exemption-6
https://www.justice.gov/oip/page/file/1207336/dl?inline
https://climatecasechart.com/case/texas-public-policy-foundation-v-us-department-of-state/
https://www.foia.gov/iso/opa/foia/oip-101012.html
https://www.justice.gov/d9/what_are_the_9_foia_exemptions.pdf
https://www.secretservice.gov/foia/exemptions
https://foiacouncil.dls.virginia.gov/2025updt.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/blog/foia-update-foia-reform-bill-moves-forward
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