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The FOIA grants the people public access

The Freedom Of Information Act, (FOIA) was established in 1967, which helped to ensure public access of federal, state or local governments records that are needed for use. All requested information collected on each agency by the individual interested must then be submitted to the FOIA once received, this way there’s a public database full of records and information for all to access.

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Without the FOIA being established, it would make it very difficult to gather needed information and documentation on specific important issues from governmental agencies like the FDA, DEA, and other agencies like the ACLU, which is an agency that focuses on protecting individual rights like helping to protect young girls and women by reporting sexual assault and harassment in specific locations under the law.(free Google picture art)

Federal agencies must disclose all information requested under the FOIA, and I find this to be very interesting to know along with the fact that there’s only nine known exemptions given which protects more than one hundred company privacy laws.

Podcasting has evolved!

Podcasting really had evolved and it’s leaving evidence and audience everywhere as it grows.

I found it to be interesting to blog about because social media has and is rapidly growing in new innovative ways like podcasting.

For instance, PBS NewsHour, posts daily and is listed as one of the most significant nightly news programs in America.

Podcasting also has it to whereas the BBC news audience can tune in on its iTunes app twice daily; more and more people are now getting easier accessibility to stay in touch with what’s going on because of these types of podcasting apps.

Podcasting allows one to give creative voice and visuals which helps with growing their viewers attention by sharing information with others in newer styles because of the changing time we are now living in.

I found doing research on podcasting to be overall interesting because it’s something anyone can do to display information, art or many other interesting ideas and skills with the world or groups of interest.

Fired for not shooting a human!

I have to bring awareness to such a topic because we are living in times of amazing changes that will challenge the peoples’ moral and intergrity.

I found this story to be overwhelmingly strange while reading it via internet, (NBC NEWS). An officer from west Virgina, had been fired for not shooting a suspect who supposedly held a gun at the time of his pursuit; Stephen has now reached a settlement for one hundred seventy five thosand American dollars.

The police officer Stephen Mardar, has stated that he did nothing wrong, and that he should have not been wrongfully fired for not shooting the twenty three year old suspect which at the time he felt the situation could have been handled more sensibly. Stephen Madar also stated that he did everything he could to save the young black male who had been unjustly shot by another cop and than later pronounced dead.

I found this story to be blog worthy because justice served is the only way to live peacefully within ourselves and in our communities.

The polls sure do say a lot about president Donal Trump!

I choose to blog on the recent presidential poll survey which I found to be very interesting concerning Donald Trump’s overall popularity amongst Americans.

Donald Trumps recent popularity poll count has dropped tremendously according to this recency report, and he is now in fact disapproved by more than fifty three percent of the American people.

This is not shocking news for most of the American people who disapprove of the many tacky tactics that Donal Trump exemplified when handling and or representing the oveall American people anyways.

I like that there’s many useful ways on the internet to stay in the loop of whats buzzing around when it comes to census and surveys on governmental officials. This data survey was humorous in a way because it also compares other presidential approval rates against each other; check it out for yourself, I’m sure you’ll get a laugh too, as I did.