NRCS FOIA Complaint
On July 1, 2014, Advocates submitted a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) seeking documents and information relating to potential and actual contracting, including the use of grants, with The Freshwater Trust and the Willamette Partnership. USDA forwarded Advocates’ FOIA request to a number of component agencies within USDA for processing, including NRCS. Although more than two and a half years has passed since Advocates’ 2014 request, as of the date this action was filed NRCS had…