Investigative Report: Violation of Corporate Policy by Amtrak Employees, with W.W. Grainger Inc., October 11, 2016

April 13, 2017

Background This report presents the results of our investigation into allegations that the following Amtrak (the company) employees violated company…

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) “Incident Response Capability Handbook” – April 2014

April 12, 2017

Background Although the purpose and scope of this document is exempt from disclosure, I was able to find reference to…

Decommissioning plans for the International Space Station (ISS)

April 8, 2017

Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its…

Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Website Outage, January 13, 2017

April 6, 2017

Background On January 13, 2017, Tamara Keith of KRWG/NPR reported the following: The website at the Office of Government Ethics…

A Chronology of Terrorist Attacks and Other Criminal Actions Against Maritime Targets, September 1983 RAND Study

March 31, 2017

Background As part of its continuing research on subnational conflict, The Rand Corporation has compiled a number of chronologies of…

Senator John McCain

March 29, 2017

Background John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the…

Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act , March 2017

March 23, 2017

Background Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General…

Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, September 1990

March 23, 2017

Background The Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, dated September 1990, was first requested in June of 2009, and it was not…

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Internal FOIA Status Reports

March 22, 2017

Background Enacted in 1966, the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, gives any person the right to access federal agency…

Fiber Optic Internet Cable from Dania Bay, Florida to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

March 22, 2017

Background In October of 2016, I read the following article written by Muira McCammon, which was published on SLATE: Generally,…