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1. Just a reminder…comments due January 28

   Stop U.S. Interior Department Proposed Rule That Threatens Wild Horses

   Interior’s Proposed FOIA Limits May Be Illegal, Watchdogs Say
   Posted Jan. 4, 2019

   Department wants to sidestep ‘burdensome’ Freedom of Information Act requests
   Open government people say changes to law must go through Congress
   The actions by Interior are “patently illegal under the statute,” said Adam Marshall, a staff attorney at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a nonprofit that provides legal assistance to the media.
   “This is a pretty unashamed, outright attack on FOIA in these proposed rules,” Marshall told Bloomberg Environment. “This is much bolder than other proposed changes to agency regulations that I have seen.”
   Will Rinehart of the conservative think tank American Action Forum told Bloomberg Environment that the proposal “sets up a much larger conflict regarding FOIA” that the agency might not win.

   https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/interiors-proposed-foia-limits-may-be-illegal-watchdogs-say

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   • Thanks for posting this, Louie.

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2. Comments can be submitted here: (Thanks to Maggie for posting the info)

   The Department of the Interior (DOI) Proposed Rule: Freedom of Information Act
   For related information, Open Docket Folder

   https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=DOI_FRDOC_0001-0094

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