Background The Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 (P.L. 81-774, 50 U.S.C. §§4501 et seq.), as amended, confers upon the…
Background The Ethics in Government Act of 1978, borne out of the Watergate scandal, established the Office of Government Ethics…
Background On February 10, 2020, The Black Vault filed a FOIA request for all documents that pertain to QAnon. It…
Background According to the objective of the audit: "We determined whether the material condition of the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment…
Background Office of the Secretary of Defense personnel responsible for deciding the realignment or closure of military installations based on…
Background For some background on the case, Wikipedia explains: Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was…
Background Department of Defense FOIA offices are prohibited from responding to “significant” FOIA requests having “departmental level interest” without approval…
Background DARPA's mission is to prevent the technological surprise of the United States, and to create technological surprise for our…
Background Agencies report resource data and targets for government-wide mission critical occupations and agency specific mission critical and/or high risk…
Background The following is a statement from Thomas H. Armstrong, Esq., General Counsel, U.S. Government Accountability Office, regarding a legal…