Introduction Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense and Office of Management and Budget agreed to settle a federal lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act and pay the Center for Public Integrity $15,000 in attorney’s fees. In October, U.S. Customs and Border Protection settled a separate lawsuit and paid $13,000 in attorney’s fees to Public Integrity, bringing the total in FOIA-related settlements the Trump administration has paid to the investigative news organization over the past year to nearly $40,000. In July, the U.S. Department of Commerce settled two other Public Integrity FOIA lawsuits and paid $11,000 in attorney’s fees.