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![This week’s FOIA round-up: From local scandals to planetary defense](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/09/27/deep_impact.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week’s FOIA round-up: From local scandals to planetary defense
A sexual harassment scandal leads to a FOIA lawsuit, an inquiry at the Department of the Interior gets expanded, and a 130-meter asteroid swings by Earth and almost goes unnoticed.
![Emails show internal confusion over Interior’s "Secretary’s Shotgun Showdown"](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/08/28/SScov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Emails show internal confusion over Interior’s “Secretary’s Shotgun Showdown”
In 2017, the Department of the Interior announced a new initiative to “reemphasize hunting and fishing” at the DOI: “Secretary’s Shotgun Showdown,” a video game tournament in which employees would take on then-Secretary Ryan Zinke in a game of “Big Buck Hunter Pro” for the chance to win “bragging rights” and a “Beverage on the Balcony.” Just days before the game was dropped off, key details had yet to be finalized.
![This week’s FOIA round-up: The Bureau of Indian Affairs has a new policy to protect employees from workplace harassment and ICE detainees in San Diego are being subjected to medical neglect](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/08/16/BIAcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week’s FOIA round-up: The Bureau of Indian Affairs has a new policy to protect employees from workplace harassment and ICE detainees in San Diego are being subjected to medical neglect
In this week’s FOIA round-up, High Country News obtains the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ new employee harassment policy, documents obtained by the Voice of San Diego show Immigration and Customs Enforcement is neglecting to care for detainees with serious medical conditions, and sexual misconduct allegations against doctors in California have drastically increased over the past two years according to data obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
![This week’s FOIA round-up: Interior was interested in FBI’s "gold standard" FOIA policy, AP collects data on medical marijuana cards, and an Arkansas judge rules clerk broke public records law](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/08/09/Records123.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week’s FOIA round-up: Interior was interested in FBI’s “gold standard” FOIA policy, AP collects data on medical marijuana cards, and an Arkansas judge rules clerk broke public records law
In this week’s FOIA round-up, the Department of the Interior staff emails show employees were interested in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “500-page per month” policy, the Associated Press created a new dataset by collecting information from each state to see why people wanted a medical marijuana card, and an Arkansas judge rules that a clerk broke state public-records laws, but cites as extenuating circumstances the clerk was acting on advice that they had received from state judicial authorities.
![This week’s FOIA round-up: Alaskans sue Interior for oil drilling information, data shows federal aid favors the wealthiest farmers, and Los Angeles pension trustees spend big on international getaway](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/08/02/Acov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week’s FOIA round-up: Alaskans sue Interior for oil drilling information, data shows federal aid favors the wealthiest farmers, and Los Angeles pension trustees spend big on international getaway
In this week’s FOIA round-up, Alaska natives sued the Trump Administration for concealing information regarding oil drilling, an environmental advocacy group shows that the bulk of U.S. farm aid goes to wealthy farmers, and members of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement draw public scrutiny after going on pricey international vacations.
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Daniel Jorjani Personal Schedule
Jimmy Tobias sent this request to the Department of Interior, Office of the Solicitor of the United States of America
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Secretary Zinke's commemorative coin
Frank Matt sent this request to the Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary of the United States of America
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Secretary Zinke's personal flag
Frank Matt sent this request to the Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary of the United States of America