Obama Labor Department Ignores Freedom of Information Act
By Don Loos, Big Government
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is defiant and combative
On Friday, 20 November 2009, The National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation (Foundation) decided enough was enough and filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court demanding that they compel the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to comply with the Foundation’s April 6th Freedom of information Act (FOIA) request.
The Foundation’s FOIA requested:
Records from communications and recorded events where specified Obama appointees and Big Labor official were present
Lists of lawsuits involving the Department of Labor and Deborah Greenfield within the past eight years.
List of any gifts received by Solis in the past 5 years from Big Labor or its officials
Specifically provide in detail (a) notes, (b) agreements, (c) communications, and (d) agendas related to the regulations related to the labor union and officer disclosure rules
Copies of phone logs
Copies of any notes or documents related to any enforcement of any labor laws and any outside groups such as labor unions, American Rights at Work, or ACORN
Obama’s Labor Department Ignores His Transparency Guidance
Remember January 21, 2009, when President Barack Obama proclaimed the new era of more open and transparent government began? This U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Information Policy memorandum is a good reminder:
On his first full day in office, January 21, 2009, President Obama issued a memorandum to the heads of all departments and agencies on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The President directed that FOIA “should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.” Moreover, the President instructed agencies that information should not be withheld merely because “public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.”
Agencies were directed to respond to requests “promptly and in a spirit of cooperation.”
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Tags: Acorn, AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Department of Labor, FOIA, Justice Department
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
If they say they will it means they won't. What ever they say they do the opposite!
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Your right Tamara. And that's from the top down in this administration. They all LIE through their teeth. This is the most crooked White House in history.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Tamara you are so right you can talk all day but if you do not ever do anything you talk about you are adeceiver and that is obama and all his marxists communists evil muslim you can tell by the company people keep as to how they are say jeremiah wright billayers tony resko eric holder david axelrod anita dunn a mao follower louis farrakan acron seiu what does that tell you about his friends
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
any politician that would allow their vote to be bought must be immediately removed from office. the will of the people cannot be for sale at any price. when are we the people going to wake up to the unaduterated corruption in dc and clean house? we the people will continue to get just what we deserve until we band together and remove this bunch from office. we must stop this insanity by whatever means required. if you are not willing to fight for what is right then you will live with corruption and destruction of the american way of life. let's get together and march on dc demanding that these people be removed from office, if they won't resign and leave then let's walk them out by force. wake up folks this is our country not theirs.
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
We need a Military coup such as the one in Honduras! Fly BHO & his Czars (all Chicago Thugs) one-way to Kenya where he was from. Let them control his own people with his appointed thugs! Our military personnel must be bitting their lips with him as CIC! What a fraud he is for all the world to see!! He's got to GO!
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
This is one sick narcissist !! How in hell did he get in the white house???????
November 24th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
He got in the white house by having thousands and thousands of acorns voting for the dead. From now on if we catch anyone voting like that we need to see that they get jail time and if they don't make them wish to God they had. We do this by never letting up on them., by keeping up with their every move. I'm sick and tired of the evil the democrats are putting out. We need to work like we've never worked before and get rid of them. I bet their families aare really proud of what their doing. If they were my family i wouldn't let anyone know, not even another democrat. I wouldn't want them to know i was related to someone that evil and useless.
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
We need to call for "impeachment of the president and all his clowns. March on DC. And make it loud and clear what we think this coming November.