House panel votes to keep SNAP retailer data secret
A May court ruling that would allow the release of SNAP sales data may not be the end of a South Dakota newspaper’s seven-year battle for access to the information. The House Appropriations Committee voted on Wednesday to keep the data confidential.
House panel would bar public-records searches of checkoff programs
Some of the biggest commodity groups in the country have enlisted lawmakers in a quiet campaign to shut off public access to the activities of the quasi-governmental boards that promote U.S. cotton, beef, eggs and other agricultural products.
USDA asks comment on release of food-stamp sales data
USDA set a 35-day public comment period on how to comply with an appellate court decision for release of records showing a retailer's food stamp sales.