Discrepancy Report

23/02/2025

A recent GAO report on fraud and waste that includes two decades of data does not mention diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), or many of the agencies that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has targeted.

The Elon Musk-led agency's priorities clash with reports from the nonpartisan congressional watchdog that has tracked government waste for over a century.

17/02/2025

13/02/2025

A recent GAO report that includes two decades of data does not mention diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), or many of the agencies that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has targeted.

The Elon Musk-led agency's priorities clash with reports from the nonpartisan congressional watchdog that has tracked government waste for over a century.

27/01/2025

Facebook has still not responded to my questions.

The Auschwitz Memorial just shared my article. (Link in comments if Facebook doesn't remove it.)

10/10/2024

The Auschwitz Memorial just shared my article. (Link in comments if Facebook doesn't remove it.)

08/10/2024

Facebook is under fire for removing shares of a post from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

Today, I reached out to Facebook’s media relations department with questions regarding users' reports that Facebook has been removing their attempts to share a post from the official page of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The post itself, which remains on the museum’s page, includes a phot...

26/06/2024

I just broke a major update in an impactful law enforcement saga, which I was the first to report through this news site.

Jeffrey Keniston, an embattled former police officer, is now barred from working in Oregon.

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Discrepancy Report

Embattled ex-cop Jeffrey Keniston has voluntarily surrendered the certifications that allowed him to work as a law enforcement officer in Oregon. This action concludes the proceedings against him before an administrative law judge could issue a proposed order.

24/04/2024

NEW REVELATION: There is no state agency in Oregon responsible for reviewing whether an officer violated an agency’s body cam policy. Nor is there any law requiring an agency to take action if an officer violates their body cam policy.

The deputy was not given a blood alcohol content (BAC) test during the incident in Newberg, Oregon. The police department released the footage of the first responding officer after the district attorney’s office ordered the agency to honor a public records request. Police charged Discrepancy Repor...

14/03/2024

"'Unfortunately, in the United States, almost everywhere, you have to go to court to enforce these laws. And that’s just wrong,' said David Cuillier, director of the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida. 'If the system requires the average person to hire an attorney to make democracy work, then it’s really broken.'"

A nationwide review of state procedures by The Associated Press and CNHI News reveals a patchwork of complicated systems for resolving open government disputes that often put the burden of enforcing transparency laws on private citizens.

08/03/2024

Body-cam video shows police release an off-duty deputy after he vomits, falls, blacks out, and admits to drinking during a traffic stop.

08/03/2024

NEW: The deputy was not given a blood alcohol content (BAC) test during the incident.

The deputy was not given a blood alcohol content (BAC) test during the incident in Newberg, Oregon. The police department released the footage of the first responding officer after the district attorney’s office ordered the agency to honor a public records request. Police charged Discrepancy Repor...

30/12/2023

A DA ordered police to release body cam footage after they tried to block my public records request. But now the dept. is charging nearly $2K to redact the videos, which show an off-duty deputy suspected of DUI being released with no BAC test.

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