The IRS hired 1,313 employees in January 2025. Over the next two months the agency laid off 11,000 workers, or about 11% of its workforce. Additionally, the data identifies employees tied to DOGE.

Discover how to easily request EEOC records on employer discrimination through the FOIA. Simplify the process and access ...

The FBI went through the Epstein files and redacted Donald Trump’s name, according to the “FOIA Files” newsletter by reporter Jason Leopold, published in Bloomberg Friday. It was previously reported ...

The FBI released files to Bloomberg investigative Reporter Jason Leopold following a civil lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act. These files indicated that the agency had spent at least ...

Welcome back to FOIA Files! Well, you can now add the State Department to the growing number of agencies with FOIA operations ravaged by the Trump administration’s cuts across the federal government.

President Trump said Wednesday that he had signed the bill to release the files. The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 427-1 on a bill to compel the Justice Department to publicly release its ...

FOIA Files is back! Apologies for the radio silence these past couple of weeks. I’ve been knee deep in it and juggling a few reporting projects. One of them is (drumroll please)...a FOIA podcast! It’s ...

The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org. Ten months ago, Roman Jankowski sent dozens of ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 18: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) In this episode of Tax Notes ...