December 14, 2021
The U.S. Small Business Administration has defeated a lawsuit by five major news organizations seeking to reveal names of all businesses that have received COVID-19 relief funds after a D.C. federal judge ruled that the agency has sufficiently supported its decision to withhold the data.
November 16, 2020
Several news outlets fired back Monday at the Trump administration's bid to pause a recent D.C. federal court order to disclose records that would identify and provide information on all businesses that have received COVID-19 relief funds, arguing that the data is vital to the public's evaluation of the government's response to the pandemic.
May 12, 2020
Five major news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Bloomberg, slammed the U.S. Small Business Administration for purportedly illegally rebuffing public records requests regarding its Paycheck Protection Program, telling a D.C. federal court Tuesday the SBA has "no basis" to withhold the information sought.