Blog Time Exercise

Blog time! Let’s look at a few resources.

1. Go to http://www.foia.cia.gov/
a. Under Top Searches, identify the most frequent records searches in July, August and September of this year.
ufo: 2533
ufo: 2729
guatemala: 3779
b. Under Top Searches, pull up the 25 most viewed documents. Find ‘Police Officers Spot UFO.’ Where did this incident occur?
Lithuania

2. Go to http://www.ire.org/ Look at “Extra! Extra!” Identify two stories that used state or federal documents.
Wasting Away series
Children failed by Los Angeles County child welfare system

3. Go to the Student Press Law Center’s home page. On your blog, post a link to the SPLC’s Automated FOI Law Request Generator.
http://www.splc.org/foiletter.asp

4. Go to http://www.doioig.gov/, which is the Web site for the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Interior. Find a copy of the 2008 Inspector General’s report on unethical behavior at the Interior Department. Any luck?
no

5. Using Google Uncle Sam, find a copy of the 2008 Inspector General’s report on unethical behavior at the Interior Department. Author: Earl E. Devaney. (Key words: cocaine; promiscuity; improper gifts)
http://www.doioig.gov/upload/Smith%20REDACTED%20FINAL_080708%20Final%20with%20transmittal%209_10%20date.pdf