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American Oversight and ACLU of Arizona Sue Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb for Unlawful Delay in Release of Public Records

Wednesday, nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight filed a complaint in the Arizona Superior Court against Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb and Pinal County, alleging Lamb and the County have failed…

American Oversight Seeks OMB Documents in Ongoing Lawsuit for Records Related to Trump’s Authoritarian ‘Schedule F’ Plan

The lawsuit seeks documents related to former President Trump’s 2020 executive order, an attempt to turn the federal workforce into a bureaucracy of loyalists.

Documents Reveal Thousands of Texas Prison Heat Complaints in 2023 — and Perilously Slow Grievance Process

Records obtained by American Oversight and reported on by NPR show that incarcerated individuals in Texas state prisons filed thousands of heat-related complaints.

American Oversight Amends Lawsuit Against DeSantis to Include New Requests for Public Records

American Oversight sued Florida Gov. DeSantis’ office in February, alleging the office has engaged in unjustified and unlawful delay in responding to records requests.

Democracy Forward and American Oversight Celebrate Victory for Transparency in Health Care Reform Open Records Case

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with transparency and free information by overturning an August 2022 judgment allowing federal agencies to withhold certain communications with Congress.

Investigations

Efforts to Restrict Abortion Rights

American Oversight has filed dozens of public records requests in states across the country seeking communications and analyses about new or potential abortion restrictions in the wake of the U.S.…

Conservative States’ Migrant Transportation Programs

Governors in Florida, Texas, and Arizona have sent immigrants to states hundreds of miles away as part of an exploitative political stunt.

Wisconsin’s Baseless Investigation of the 2020 Election

Following the 2020 election, Wisconsin joined a growing list of states where allies of former President Trump launched bogus “investigations” as part of an effort to cast doubt on the…