American Transparency v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY, ) d/b/a OpenTheBooks.com, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil No. 21-cv-02821 (APM) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ) HUMAN SERVICES, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. Plaintiff in this case is American Transparency, d/b/a OpenTheBooks.com, whose “mission is to post online all publicly available government spending.” Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶ 3. Plaintiff submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the…