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This issue of the Bulletin includes cases involving pesticide smuggling, hazardous waste storage, chemical discharges, dog fighting, employee deaths, monkey smuggling, and more.

The CFO Council will hold its next public meeting on October 22, 2026.

The Office of Information Policy continues to offer virtual FOIA trainings with a new in-person training opportunity in Fiscal Year 2027

OIP updated the Exemption 5 section of the Guide to the Freedom of Information Act

This issue of the Bulletin includes cases involving waste oil dumping, pesticide smuggling, dog and chicken fighting, animal torture videos, illegal hunting, an underground mine fire, illegal air emissions, employee deaths, slaughterhouse waste discharges, and more.

The Office of Information Policy announces Annual FOIA Report, Chief FOIA Officer Report, and Quarterly Report submission deadlines and resources.

Best practices on requester negotiations that were shared by a multi-agency panel are now available on OIP’s website.

Twenty-five years ago today, our nation faced an unprecedented attack that claimed nearly 3,000 innocent lives and forever changed the course of American history. At the Department of Justice, we pause to remember those we lost, the victims, the first responders, and the heroes who gave everything in service to others. We stand with their families and loved ones, whose grief remains as real today as it was a quarter-century ago.

This issue of the Bulletin includes cases involving chemical discharges, dog fighting, turtle trafficking, seafood mislabeling, and more. 

One of the only original photographs of legendary lawman Bass Reeves is currently on loan to The U.S. Department of Justice Museum from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 

This issue of the Bulletin includes cases involving worker safety, chemical discharges, dog fighting, asbestos disposal, and more.