A federal judge has ruled against the U.S. Department of Energy, striking down an agency policy that threatened to close pending Freedom of Information Act requests if applicants did not explicitly write in to reconfirm their interest. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Wednesday that the Department of Energy exceeded its legal authority under […] Federal Judge Slams Department Of Energy’s Attempt To Purge Old FOIA Backlogs ...read more read less