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The Holder Memo is part of series of policy memos on how federal agencies should apply FOIA exemptions. Beginning in 1977 with Attorney General Griffin Bell, and continued by Attorney General William French Smith in 1981 and Attorney General Janet Reno in 1993, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced how the executive branch should approach FOIA, its application, and DOJ's defense of ...
An advisory committee meeting can be closed to the public if the president or an agency head determines that any of the 10 exemptions to the Sunshine Act apply (see below). The committee must provide access to materials provided to it, including reports, transcripts, minutes, working papers, agendas or other documents unless any of the nine ...
However, neither the openness requirement, nor the related procedural requirements, are triggered unless the governmental entity at issue is an 'agency,' and unless the gathering in question is a 'meeting' of the agency." Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 216 F.3d 1180, 1182 (D.C. Cir. 2000).
Oct. 18—New Mexico's Department of Justice issued an opinion Thursday that Clovis schools are violating the "spirit of the law" with their online meetings policy. Schools Superintendent Renee ...
Department of Justice v. Julian, 486 U.S. 1 (1988) Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749 (1989) United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts, 492 U.S. 136 (1989) John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146 (1989) United States Department of State v. Ray, 502 U.S. 164 (1991) Department of ...
After reviewing meeting recordings and statements from commissioners, the AG’s office found that the closed session was in compliance with the open meetings act and was solely held to discuss ...
On February 19, 1868, Lawrence introduced a bill in Congress to create the Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870. [10] Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman as attorney general and Benjamin H. Bristow as America's first solicitor general the same week that Congress created the Department of ...
The lawsuit was filed in March 2023 and alleged that the commission's Ottawa Impact majority violated Michigan's OMA in its inaugural meeting in January 2023.