Documents

The Office of Management and Budget released the detailed directive to federal agencies on transparency that President Barack Obama called for on his second day in office. The 11-page directive sets out specific tasks for agencies and gives them deadlines. (Despite the 2008 date on the memo, it was not issued by the Bush Administration.) It also calls for agencies to employ technology to distribute information proactively, rather than forcing requesters to file Freedom of Information Act Requests. Federal agencies process hundreds of thousands of FOIA requests each year. (Note: memo, as originally released, was printed with the wrong date).

NOPD Report on the McDonald Case

Matthew McDonald was shot to death by a New Orleans police officer on Sept. 3, 2005 on the edge of the French Quarter. This police report and press release details the incident from the police officers' perspective.

NOPD Report on the McCann Case

Keenon McCann was shot multiple times by two New Orleans SWAT officers on Sept. 1, 2005. This police report and press release details the incident from the police officers' perspective, including the fact that "a search for the suspect’s weapon proved negative."

Exhibit List in the Brumfield Case

This exhibit list is from the wrongful death suit filed by Brumfield's family against the city of New Orleans. It contains the report filed by an NOPD detective on the shooting, which inaccurately says Brumfield "sustained a single fatal gunshot wound to the left shoulder"; he was shot in the back.

Deposition of NOPD Detective Investigating the Brumfield Shooting

Homicide Detective Decynda Barnes investigated the police shooting of Danny Brumfield and found it justified. She gave this deposition as part of a wrongful death suit Brumfield's family filed against the city of New Orleans.

Autopsy of Danny Brumfield

Danny Brumfield was shot to death by a New Orleans police officer in the early hours of Sept. 3, 2005, outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

Excerpts of Complaints Against Temp Nurses

Ventilator Guidance (Oct. 30, 2009 Draft)

Ethical Considerations for Decision Making Regarding Allocation of Mechanical Ventilators during a Severe Influenza Pandemic Prepared by the Ventilator Guidance Workgroup for the Ethics Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director

Amendments to the New House Health Care Bill

Exhibits From a Whistle-blower Lawsuit Against the University of Phoenix

U.N. Development Agency Audit of Afghan Elections and Development Spending

UNDP auditors found that the development agency failed to account for tens of millions of sent to the Afghan elections commission now at the center of voter fraud accusations.

Public Comment on Draft Plan for Ventilator Allocation in New York During Flu Pandemic

U.N. Office of Project Services Audit of Afghan Rebuilding Projects

An internal audit found that UNOPS, a U.N. development agency, failed to adequately monitor rebuilding projects in Afghanistan funded by USAID.

U.N. Draft Audit Report on Projects in Afghanistan

Special Audit of UNDP Country Office in Afghanistan

California Board of Registered Nursing Documents

Honduran Lobbyist Filings, Foreign Agents Registration Act

Guantanamo Detainee Fouad Mahmoud Al Rabiah’s Petition for Habeus Corpus

Unclassified Memorandum: "Petitioner Fouad Mahmoud Al Rabiah ("AI Rabiah") has been detained by the United States Government at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba since 2002. The evidentiary record on which the Government seeks to justify his indefinite detention is surprisingly bare."

“Foreclosure Rescue” Companies: Documents

Documents and internal emails from "Foreclosure Rescue" companies detailing business practices that have come under scrutiny by state attorneys general and consumers.

Investigating 21st Century Legal Services: Documents

A set of documents and emails showing how 21st Century Legal Services conducted business.

Triple Canopy Investigative File

In 2008, the Special Inspector General for Iraq reconstruction started investigating Triple Canopy and it's operations in Iraq.

Acquisition Strategy for Defense Base Act Insurance: Sept. 2009

Report to Congress in Response to Section 843 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

Iran Nuclear Program Proposal

House Health Care Bill

The America’s Affordable Health Choices Act was passed by the House Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce in July.

Recovery.gov Contract Documents

Below is the heavily redacted $18 million contract awarded to a software company named Smartonix to build a Web site where taxpayers could easily track billion federal stimulus money. Unfortunately, the contract is not as transparent as one would hope.