Safety Oversight Circulars issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are formal documents that provide guidance, information, and recommendations regarding aviation safety. These circulars are part of the FAA’s efforts to promote and improve safety within the aviation industry. Here’s a detailed breakdown of their key aspects: Purpose and Scope: Guidance and Best Practices: They offer guidance and best practices to aviation operators, manufacturers, and other stakeholders on how to comply with regulations and enhance safety. Information Sharing: Circulars serve as a means for the FAA to share important safety information, including findings from safety studies, research outcomes, and lessons…
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UPDATE: This story was originally published on May 25, 2023. However, on April 3, 2024, this story was updated with a FOIA appeal win, which produced the briefing card, with the relevant redactions lifted. That update appears below the article. The Department of Defense released another ‘Briefing Card’ about the AOIMSG, a DoD effort previously studying UFOs. This document contains intriguing redactions under exemption (b)(5) and extra information that were absent in previous releases of the same record. A question in the ‘Questions and Answers’ section and an entire section under ‘Additional Background Information (Not for release)’ have been redacted,…
In March of 2018, The Black Vault filed a FOIA request (case 1401549-000) to the FBI for the following: “… all e-mails sent to or from, Director of the FBI James Comey, which contain the word ‘TRUMP’. I ask that you conduct a search for records dating from 1/1/16 to 5/9/17.” The request was originally rejected as being too broad, so an appeal was submitted (case DOJ-AP-2018-005587) on May 25, 2018. There was no final response received from this case, however, nearly 1,600 pages were released on April 2024 relating to the original filing. In essence, the appeal was likely…
Article originally published June 28, 2022. Updated on April 2, 2024 https://youtu.be/8Iz5m1LkSGA On June 28, 2022, The Black Vault received a FOIA response that had a small batch of records. It asked for a search of 8 email boxes, that contain the keyword “Elizondo.” Those email boxes were: 1. Steven A. Stebbins, Acting Principal Deputy Inspector General and Chief of Staff 2. Kelly P. Mayo, Acting Deputy Inspector General for Investigations 3. James R. Ives, Deputy Inspector General Overseas Contingency Operations 4. Marguerite C. Garrison, Deputy Inspector General Administrative Investigations 5. Michael J. Roark, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluations 6.…
The document is a detailed legal statement of claim submitted by United Parcel Service of America Inc. (UPS) against the Government of Canada under the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The dated 2000 claim alleges that Canada has breached its NAFTA obligations by providing preferential treatment to its state-owned postal monopoly, Canada Post Corporation, to the detriment of UPS, a foreign-owned competitor in the courier industry. The main points of contention include: National Treatment: UPS alleges that Canada has breached its national treatment obligations under…