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Ryan Mulvey Discusses Administrative State Reform on the American Potential Podcast
Ryan Mulvey, Policy Counsel for Americans for Prosperity Foundation, joins American Potential host David From to discuss efforts to rein in the administrative state and ensure that federal agencies stay within their constitutional limits.
Read MoreAFP Foundation-Kansas Finally Receives Long-Awaited KORA Documents on STAR Bonds
After more than three years, Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas has finally received the last batch of documents from our Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) request filed in November 2021 regarding the Kansas Department of Commerce’s administration of the STAR Bonds program. This long-overdue release follows an investigation by the Kansas Office of Attorney General, which…
Read MoreThe Biden VA’s “Independent” Echo Chamber on Community Care
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Executive Roundtable, or Red Team report on the supposed “Urgent Need to Address Community Care Spending,” sold itself as an independent and authoritative report, but instead it was a conduit for the VA and the Biden Administration to publish its own views through third parties, wasting taxpayer dollars and government time…
Read MoreICYMI: Right on Transparency Coalition Calls for States to Publish Federal Guidance
This week, the Right on Transparency Coalition called on states to publish regulatory guidance they receive from the federal government that impacts their state. Federal agencies frequently issue guidance documents that interpret and clarify statutes and regulations, as well as set official agency policy on important matters. Though guidance documents are ostensibly not legally binding on regulated…
Read MoreNew York Appellate Court Strikes Down A State Practice Allowing Intrusive Surveillance Of Innocent Families
In a significant win for the liberty interests of parents in the care and custody of their children, yesterday a New York appellate court vacated and held unlawful a longstanding state practice that subjected parents who were never accused of any wrongdoing to ongoing supervision by local child services officers. That supervision allowed state authorities…
Read MoreKevin Schmidt in the Washington Reporter: Three ways the Trump administration can clean up the Biden disinformation mess
Read the article at the Washington Reporter. The Trump administration is off to a good start protecting Americans’ online speech by dismantling the Biden administration’s “disinformation” regime. On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship” and dissolved Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory boards. These actions mark a…
Read MoreAFP Foundation on Reining In Administrative Abuse, Protect Due Process, and Improve Government Transparency
AFP Foundation regulatory counsel Michael Pepson and Stand Together’s Casey Mattox write on the FedSoc Blog: As soon as he took office, President Trump issued several Executive Orders aimed at bringing the administrative state in line with the Constitution and the rule of law, including an EO titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.…
Read MoreEverything wrong with the FOIA process, in one single email
If you’ve ever filed a public records request, you may have experienced delays, improper denials, lack of communication, or all of the above. What’s less common is when an agency gives a requester a responsive record and then demands it be given back or destroyed, also known as a “clawback.” In 2022, the Federal Trade…
Read MoreD.C. Circuit Rules “Clawback” Orders Foreclosed by the FOIA
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released a noteworthy decision today in Human Rights Defense Center v. U.S. Park Police, a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case in which the federal government sought a court order requiring the return or destruction of “inadvertently disclosed” records. Such relief is commonly known…
Read More3 Model Policies to Boost State Transparency at the Start of Legislative Sessions
As state legislative sessions kick off across the country, it is an opportune time to prioritize policies that enhance transparency, empower citizens, and foster accountability. The Right on Transparency coalition, of which Americans for Prosperity Foundation is the founding member, has identified key areas where states can lead the way. Three of the coalition’s model…
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