5_Rights Campaigns, Projects & Politix

~ public advocacy, appeals to agencies & Congress...

Rainbow 'Accommodation' w/ USDA, '07-08 by Scottie Addison — last modified 2008-05-14 07:03 PM

Gatherers' appeals to USDA-Forest Service, seeking an 'accommodation' for Rainbow Gatherings under Group Use regulations -- and some of the crossfires.

USDA Inspector General - Rainbow '08 Investigation by Scottie Addison — last modified 2008-12-30 06:24 PM

In July '08 the USDA Office of Inspector General ("OIG") launched an investigation into police incidents at Rainbow Gathering '08 in Wyoming. This was disclosed in a teleconference with outgoing USDA Under Secretary Mark Rey on Dec. 9, 2008.

The Mark Rey Files... Policy Crits, 2002-08 by Scottie Addison — last modified 2009-01-09 09:59 PM

Official correspondence from 'PCU_/Free Assembly Project' to USDA Under Secretary Mark Rey -- a series of timely policy critiques on Rainbow Gathering-related events & discussions, from Michigan '02 to Wyoming '08. As Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (a sub-Cabinet position), he was the top civilian official over U.S. Forest Service operations, and he took an active role in policy decisions and negotiations.

FOIA Moves in New Mexico by Scottie Addison — last modified 2010-01-12 03:16 AM

2 FOIA Requests to the Forest Service, on the signed Permit and the Delegation of Authority... and 1 to the Sandoval County Sheriff, tracking Rainbow detainees -- the queries, correspondence, and disclosures to date.