In The Government's Attic - and Basement

Spotted on the listserv of Investigative Reporters & Editors, posted by Michael Ravnitzky.

1. These items were recently spotted on the Government Attic Website:

Pages from the National Security Agency (NSA) Center for Cryptologic History
(CCH) intranet web site, 2009 - PDF 22.7 MB

http://tinyurl.com/247r9lo

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Audit of Circumstances Surrounding Issuance of Visas to Sheik Omar Ali Ahmed
Abdel Rahman; and Audit of Review of the Nonimmigrant Visa-Issuing Process,
1994-1995 - PDF 13.9 MB

http://tinyurl.com/2d47mew

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Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Ethics Program Reviews from 19 Executive
Branch entities, 2005 ­ 2009 - PDF 14.6 MB

http://tinyurl.com/24aqpcf

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Department of Energy (DOE) ethics waivers, 2005-2010 - PDF 8.1 MB

http://tinyurl.com/2fzkcyq

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List of internal reviews conducted by the Federal Labor Relations Authority
(FLRA) Office of Inspector General (OIG), 1990-2009

http://tinyurl.com/24zlnus

2. INTERIOR DEPT INSPECTOR GENERAL STILL HOLDS PILE OF DAMAGING DOCUMENTS

The Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of the Interior has a large stack of documents regarding its investigation of the Island Operating Company et al. This was the primary investigation of the situation involving the unhealthy relationships between employees of the Minerals Management Service and the companies they regulate.

The very brief IG report was published, eventually, in May 2010, here:

http://tinyurl.com/IG-hidden-docs

Or here:

http://www.doioig.gov/images/stories/reports/pdf/IslandOperatingCo.pdf

But there was also a large pile of several hundred pages of supporting papers that casts light into several less explored corners of this investigation.

The Department of the Interior has not published these supporting papers on its website, and to the best of my knowledge, no news organization has obtained these documents. However, you can request an electronic copy of these documents by sending a request to:

Note: ask for a copy of the supporting documentation for the investigation into Island Operating Company, et al.

U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of Inspector General
FOIA Officer
1849 C Street, NW MS-4428
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: 703-487-5436
Fax: 202-219-1944 Attn: FOIA Officer
Email: FOIA@doioig.gov

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