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STATUS HEARING IN CREW'S SUIT FOR HEALTH CARE EXEC WH VISITOR LOGS HELD TUESDAY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT

28 Jul 2009 // Washington, D.C. - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) participated in a status hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Courthouse Courtroom 24A in CREW v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Security, for which CREW is seeking, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), White House records of visits by top health care executives in an effort to learn the extent to which these industry players may have influenced the administration’s health care policy. More»

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SECOND ARGUMENT IN CREW LAWSUIT SEEKING RELEASE OF CHENEY INTERVIEW ON PLAME WILSON LEAK HELD TODAY

21 Jul 2009 // Washington, D.C. – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) argued today in U.S. District Courthouse Courtroom 24A in CREW v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, for which CREW is seeking, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a copy of the interview former Vice President Dick Cheney gave to the FBI as part of the criminal investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert CIA identity. More»

CREW LAWSUIT SEEKS RELEASE OF CHENEY INTERVIEW ON LEAK OF VALERIE PLAME WILSON’S CIA IDENTITY

19 Jun 2009 // Washington, D.C. – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) argued yesterday in U.S. District Courthouse in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, for which CREW is seeking, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a copy of the interview former Vice President Dick Cheney gave to the FBI as part of the criminal investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert CIA identity. More»

CREW OFFERS ETHICS GUIDANCE TO HILL STAFF

9 Jan 2009 // On January 9th, CREW's executive director Melanie Sloan gave an off-the-record discussion guiding Congressional staffers through the maze of congressional rules to help avoid the greatest ethical and legal pitfalls. Ms. Sloan focused on Congressional gift rules, travel rules, conflicts of interest and personal financial disclosure forms. More»

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CREW OFFERS ETHICS GUIDANCE TO HILL STAFF

9 Jan 2009 // On January 9th, CREW's executive director Melanie Sloan gave an off-the-record discussion guiding Congressional staffers through the maze of congressional rules to help avoid the greatest ethical and legal pitfalls. Ms. Sloan focused on Congressional gift rules, travel rules, conflicts of interest and personal financial disclosure forms. More»

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CREW RESPONDS TO SEN. STEVENS’ CONVICTION

27 Oct 2008 // Washington, DC- In light of Senator Ted Stevens' conviction on all seven counts today, Melanie Sloan, former federal prosecutor and executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, released the following statement:

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JUDGE UPHOLDS NARA WITHOLDINGS

30 Sep 2008 // Washington, DC - Today in CREW v. the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), a lawsuit CREW brought under the FOIA for documents related to the Secret Service's treatment and preservation of White House visitor records, District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton upheld the vast majority of NARA's withholdings as deliberative or protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. More»

JUDGE ISSUES ORDER EXPLAINING BASIS FOR DEPOSITIONS IN CREW LAWSUIT AGAINST CHENEY

25 Sep 2008 // Last night Judge Kollar-Kotelly issued an order in CREW, et al. v. Cheney, et al., explaining the basis for authorizing CREW to take the depositions of David Addington and NARA official Nancy Smith. The judge explained that each declaration submitted by the White House defendants raised new questions still unanswered and for which she needs answers in order to rule on the merits. More»

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WHITE HOUSE FILING IN CREW LAWSUIT REVEALS NO BACKUP TAPES DURING LAUNCH OF IRAQ WAR

6 May 2008 // Late last night, in response to an order of the court in CREW v. EOP, the White House filed a third declaration of Office of Administration Chief Information Officer Theresa Payton in which the White House admitted, among other things, that it has no backup tapes for White House emails for the period March 1, 2003 through May 22, 2003.

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COURT EXTENDS ORDER REQUIRING WHITE HOUSE TO RETAIN BACK-UP COPIES OF E-MAILS

24 Apr 2008 // Today in CREW v. Executive Office of the President, et al., Magistrate Judge John Facciola issued a report and recommendation that the preservation order now in place requiring the White House to preserve certain back-up copies of missing e-mails be extended in several key respects.

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