Press Releases

PPT Features Prominently in Congressional Hearings

Congressional overseers are hard at work investigating the goings-on at executive branch agencies as Department Secretaries and Inspectors General (IGs)
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Interior Flouts 50-Year-Old Precedent in Agency Director

Protect the Public’s Trust revealed records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act demonstrating that political appointees and agency lawyers
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Was Settlement Agreement in Massive Superfund Case Tainted?

Protect the Public’s Trust announced an ethics complaint regarding a former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official who was deeply involved
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Senior EPA Official’s Conduct Draws Third Ethics Complaint

Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) announced it has filed yet another complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ethics office
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Records Show Special Treatment for Former Employers of FTC Chair Khan and Her Chief of

Protect the Public’s Trust announced that documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reveal an unusually close relationship between
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At Department of Ed It’s Concierge Service for Unions, Closed Door for Parents

Federal watchdog Protect the Public’s Trust announced findings from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demonstrating the vastly inequitable
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PPT Investigates Feds Funneling Taxpayer Dollars to Organizations Targeting Americans’ Speech

Protect the Public’s Trust announced another prong of its investigation of the federal government’s involvement in online censorship. Federal agencies
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PPT Forced to Sue for Records of “Dangerous” Virus Research Involving the Wuhan Lab, EcoHealth,

Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) announced a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) for unlawfully withholding documents related
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Compliance for Thee But Not for Me; NARA Refuses to Take its Own Advice

Ethics watchdog Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) announced a transparency lawsuit against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for
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Taxpayer Promotion of “Mayor Pete” May Violate Department Rules

Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s short-lived run for the presidency was chronicled in a widely panned and generally
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