March 17, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to pay $572,000 to settle a Privacy Act suit accusing the Bush-era DOJ of collecting and destroying records about the political leanings of applicants to the agency's Honors Program as part of a biased hiring process, an attorney for the plaintiffs said Monday.
October 03, 2012
A group of former applicants to a U.S. Department of Justice honors program pressed the D.C. Circuit on Monday to resurrect their privacy rights suit alleging the department improperly created and maintained biased records as part of a politically tainted selection process.
December 16, 2011
A Washington federal judge on Thursday tossed a case alleging the U.S. Department of Justice violated federal privacy law when it created and maintained records on applicants to the agency's prestigious honors program as part of a politically tainted hiring process.