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In an unprecedented motion the federal court awarded attorney fees to Jeannette Burmeister's lawsuit regarding the failure of HHS and NIh to provide Freedom of Information documents following the FOI Act in regards to the IOM Contract and the P2P workshop.
Please refer to Jeannette's blogpost here. She is requesting her full blogpost is not to be copied here, but people visit her blog. The previous posts are also very interesting as it unveils the communications 'behind the scenes' involving NIH Susan Maier and others.
http://thoughtsaboutme.com/2014/11/...ys-fees-against-hhs-and-nih-in-iom-foia-case/
Congratulations Jeannette @NotAllInMyHead and thank you for your dedication and hard work.
Correction: the award was 139,147$, thx to @Ren for poingting the error to me.
Please refer to Jeannette's blogpost here. She is requesting her full blogpost is not to be copied here, but people visit her blog. The previous posts are also very interesting as it unveils the communications 'behind the scenes' involving NIH Susan Maier and others.
In the Court’s order, the Judge noted:
Ms. Burmeister is clearly the prevailing party in the litigation. Moreover, as outlined in the order granting Ms. Burmeister’s motion for summary judgment, the government’s conduct throughout its dispute with Ms. Burmeister was unreasonable. Ms. Burmeister stood to gain nothing financially from her attempt to obtain documents at issue from the government, and she conferred a benefit on the public through her successful effort to obtain a ruling against the government. [emphasis added]
http://thoughtsaboutme.com/2014/11/...ys-fees-against-hhs-and-nih-in-iom-foia-case/
Congratulations Jeannette @NotAllInMyHead and thank you for your dedication and hard work.
Correction: the award was 139,147$, thx to @Ren for poingting the error to me.
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