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On May 22nd, PRM filed suit against the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking access to legal opinions that detailed the circumstances under which the U.S. government could use drones to project lethal force against persons inside the United States.
On May 22nd, PRM filed suit against the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking legal opinions related to the use of lethal force by UAV drones within the United States. We filed our initial FOIA request in this matter in October of 2011, in the wake of news reports that chronicled the killing of al-Qeada operative (and U.S. citizen) Anwar al-Awlaki by a Predator drone. Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the Minnesota Legislature passed legislation that would – for the first time – subject Minnesota’s public health care programs to independent, third-party audits. This action occurred in the wake of mounting criticism over how the state’s “managed care” programs – which disburse public funds through non-profit HMOs – were being handled.
Documents obtained by PRM show that former Minnesota State Representative Matt Entenza raised questions about the relative efficacy and cost of Minnesoa’s HMO-administered managed care programs. Continue Reading
On May 22nd, Public Record Media filed suit against the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking records that the agency had withheld from PRM’s October, 2011 FOIA request. The records at the center of the lawsuit deal with legal opinions about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deliver lethal force against persons located inside of the United States.
Several weeks ago, West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) released a compilation of correspondence obtained from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, in the aftermath of the raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader in May of last year.
On May 16th, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York temporarily enjoined the United States government from enforcing the military detention provisions of the 2012 NDAA. Continue Reading
As part of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley’s investigation into the use of federal Medicaid dollars, the Senator’s staff sought documents from the Minnesota Department of Human Services through a data practices request. Continue Reading
Two years after Saint Paul attorney David Feinwachs made his initial calls for greater transparency in Minnesota’s public health programs, the state legislature passed legislation that introduced third-party auditing into Minnesota’s managed care plans. Governor Mark Dayton signed the bill into law on April 30th. Continue Reading
Originally posted at www.publicrecordmedia.com on April 9, 2012.
Since late last year, PRM has been following developments in the ongoing debate over the transparency of Minnesota’s public health care programs. These programs bundle state and federal funds together, and disburse them through the non-profit HMOs that administer the state’s public health care programs.