August 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor will pay $225,000 in attorney fees and costs to end a news organization's suit over access to federal contractors' workforce diversity reports, after the Ninth Circuit affirmed an order requiring the data's disclosure, according to a California federal court filing.
February 14, 2025
The Center for Investigative Reporting told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that federal contractors' workforce demographic reports were not protected by a commercial data exemption to the Freedom of Information Act, as there was no "intimate information" in those reports.
February 26, 2024
The Center for Investigative Reporting urged a California federal court not to allow the U.S. Department of Labor to withhold government contractor demographic reports, arguing that any further delays in disclosure would harm the public.
February 16, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor says it will appeal a ruling from a California federal judge requiring it to cough up thousands of federal contractors' workforce demographic reports that the judge said were not protected from disclosure as either commercial data or trade secrets.