OGC Dismisses FOIA Appeal
The FCC Office of General Counsel rejected an appeal of its response to a Freedom of Information Act request for not citing any particular errors, according to a dismissal on delegated authority in Wednesday's Daily Digest. Ryan Shapiro, an attorney…
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with transparency group Property of the People requested records of payments to or from “Trump-related Properties” and the FCC responded with unredacted records that consisted primarily of regulatory fees, the dismissal said. Shapiro appealed the response and questioned the adequacy of the search, but didn’t identify specific issues, the filing said: “You stated that you wished to continue with your appeal as it is [your] general practice to administratively appeal such matters for the sake of thoroughness. ... We conclude that you have not raised any material issues with the response to your FOIA request that would merit review by the Commission.” Property of the People didn’t comment.