dune: it was founded in 1989.
they collect about 250 million
records from various agencies
every month.
they are really hard-core
freedom information act
activists who are trying to get
information from the government
so they can analyze it and see
isctly -- because there
politics.
if it is convenient, the
government will say this is what
we are doing and here is the
data to show it.
if not convenient, they may not.
they are just trying to track
exactly what is going on.
carol: in the feature section,
president trump nominating the
accuweather c.e.o. and president
trump wants him to be the
undersecretary of the national
weather service.
it is an interesting nomination.
jason: because this is the guy
for 30 years plus has been
fighting this agency.
devin leonard has carved out a
beat for himself looking at
people appointed to agencies
that they really don't like.