Federal Agency Decisions
Federal workers' compensation appeals from the Department of Labor's Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB), federal-sector labor-relations cases from the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), Longshore Act and Black Lung Benefits Act appeals from the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board (BRB), precedent decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), environmental permit and penalty appeals from the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), and whistleblower and other labor appeals from the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB), each with a plain-English summary, the law it cites, and whether it counts as precedent. More agencies are coming.
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J.P. and U.S. Postal Service, North Houston Processing & Distribution Center
Houston postal worker's back claim returned for specialist review (ECAB 26-0102)
A postal operations specialist claimed that years of lifting, pushing, and pulling at work caused lower back conditions. OWCP denied the occupational disease claim for lack of a sufficiently supported medical link. The Board found that a treating physician's report still did not prove causation but…
L.P. and U.S. Postal Service, South Atlanta Georgia Sorting & Delivery Center Post Office
Atlanta postal worker's elbow claim remains closed on reconsideration (ECAB 26-0083)
An Atlanta postal worker sought to reopen a claim for a right elbow condition after reporting pain while making a delivery. OWCP had denied the claim because the medical evidence did not adequately link the condition to the accepted incident. The Board found that later medical records described…
S.B. and U.S. Postal Service, Westport Post Office
Board reverses rescission of postal worker's accepted ankle conditions (ECAB 26-0079)
A postal rural carrier's right ankle injury claim had been expanded to include additional foot and ankle conditions. OWCP later rescinded that acceptance after obtaining another physician's opinion. The Board found that the later opinion did not adequately explain why several accepted conditions…
Matter of R-B-E-
Withholding vacated and CAT claim remanded
The Department of Homeland Security appealed an Immigration Judge's grant of withholding of removal to a Haitian respondent who had suffered past political persecution and later was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device fraud. The Board held that changed conditions had rebutted the…
Matter of TEXPERTS, INC.
Withdrawn petitions may still support future fraud findings
The Administrative Appeals Office reviewed a petition by an information technology staffing company seeking H-1B status for a database administrator. The company withdrew its petition after USCIS raised concerns that it had coordinated with another company to submit multiple lottery registrations…
Prkic v. Sezzle, Inc.
SOX timeliness dismissal reversed
Maria Prkic filed a federal complaint alleging Sarbanes-Oxley retaliation 118 days after Sezzle terminated her, within SOX’s 180-day filing period, but she had not yet filed with OSHA. She later filed with OSHA after Sezzle’s federal-court motion put her on specific notice of the administrative…
D.J. and U.S. Postal Service, North Texas Processing and Distribution Center
Postal worker's overpayment upheld but monthly deduction reversed (ECAB 26-0147)
A postal clerk received FECA wage-loss benefits and Social Security retirement benefits without the required offset. The Board upheld OWCP's $15,343.25 overpayment finding and agreed that the worker was not at fault. It nevertheless upheld denial of a waiver because the financial record did not…
B.B. and Department of the Interior, National Park Service, North Cascades National Park
Park ranger's back claim returned for promised second opinion (ECAB 26-0139)
A National Park Service ranger reported lower back pain while sitting at work with a duty belt. OWCP told him it would obtain a second medical opinion but denied the claim before scheduling that examination. The Board found that OWCP had to complete the medical development it had begun. It set…
A.H. and U.S. Postal Service, New Brunswick Post Office
Postal clerk's wage-loss claims denied for lack of causal evidence (ECAB 26-0027)
A postal mail processing clerk sought wage-loss compensation for several days and periods away from work after an accepted 2024 workplace fall. Her orthopedic surgeon restricted her work and later released her to full duty, but did not explain how the accepted injuries caused disability on the…
M.S. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Coppell, Texas
Postal worker's appeal dismissed for lack of an appealable OWCP decision (ECAB 25-0758)
A postal worker appealed what she described as a July 23, 2025 OWCP decision. The case record sent to the Board contained no final adverse OWCP decision issued within its review period. The Board therefore dismissed the appeal without deciding any compensation issue.
D.S. and U.S. Postal Service, Washington Network Distribution Center
Postal worker's long-term wage-loss claim returned for impartial examination (ECAB 24-0864)
A postal distribution worker claimed disability from December 2014 through October 2017 after accepted knee and carpal tunnel conditions. Her treating physicians said the accepted conditions prevented work, while OWCP's referral physician concluded she could have worked with restrictions. The Board…
Secretary of Labor v. Cargill Incorporated
Unsafe escapeway citation reinstated
Cargill's underground salt mine used a return-air route as a secondary escapeway after blasting, when nitrogen dioxide readings reached as high as 8.2 parts per million. An ALJ vacated MSHA's citation after concluding that the gas level did not make the escapeway unsafe and that Cargill lacked fair…
Matter of D-J-L-
CAT deferral vacated
The Department of Homeland Security appealed an Immigration Judge's grant of deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture to a Haitian applicant with mental and physical health conditions. The Board held that the expert witness's advocacy history and testimony showed an inability to…
Randall Morgan (o/b/o the Estate of Cleatis E. Morgan) v. U.S. Steel Mining Company
Morgan v. U.S. Steel Mining (BRB 25-0141): Benefits denial vacated in part and remanded
Randall Morgan appealed on behalf of the estate of Cleatis E. Morgan after an administrative law judge again denied black lung benefits. The Board affirmed the finding that the evidence did not establish complicated pneumoconiosis, but held that the judge misapplied the burden for rebutting the…
Robles v. Mr. Bults, Inc.
Reconsideration of late STAA complaints denied
Sergio Robles asked the Board to reconsider its dismissal of his STAA retaliation complaints against Mr. Bults, Teamsters 731, and Waste Management. He argued that the Board overlooked facts and misapplied equitable tolling and the continuing violations doctrine. The Board found that he repeated…
M.C. and U.S. Postal Service, North Texas Processing and Distribution Center
Postal worker's overpayment confirmed, amount returned for recalculation (ECAB 26-0145)
A postal distribution clerk received FECA wage-loss benefits while also receiving Social Security retirement benefits attributable to federal service. The Board agreed that this overlap created an overpayment and that the worker was not at fault. It found the stated $18,545.66 amount uncertain…
G.M. and Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Border agency employee's travel accident held outside duty coverage (ECAB 25-0575)
A Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialist was on temporary duty travel when he drove about 72 miles from his hotel for a personal family dinner. He was injured in a vehicle accident while returning to the hotel. The Board found that the distant personal trip was a substantial departure…
D.F. and U.S. Postal Service, San Francisco Processing & Distribution Center Finance Post Office
Postal worker's nonformulary patch request denied without prescriber response (ECAB 23-1159)
A postal mail processor used Butrans patches for accepted shoulder, carpal tunnel, and elbow conditions. Her physician reported that a generic patch did not adhere effectively, but OWCP's pharmacy manager asked him to change the prescription or request authorization for the brand-name medicine. The…
S.T. and U.S. Postal Service, Post Office, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Postal worker's Protonix authorization claim stays closed on reconsideration (ECAB 23-1043)
A postal worker asked OWCP to reconsider its denial of brand-name Protonix, which was outside the drug formulary because a generic was available. The Board found that the new records did not include a prescriber's opinion explaining the continuing need for the brand-name drug. They therefore did…
Thurman E. Cox, Sr. v. Jones Truck & Equipment, LLC
Cox v. Jones Truck & Equipment (BRB 25-0129): black lung benefits denial affirmed
Thurman E. Cox, Sr. appealed after an administrative law judge denied his black lung benefits claim. The judge found 2.28 years of qualifying surface coal mine employment, no complicated pneumoconiosis, and no totally disabling respiratory or pulmonary impairment. The Board affirmed the findings on…
Clyde Damron v. Levisa Coal, Incorporated and Travelers Insurance Company
Damron v. Levisa Coal (BRB 25-0040): black lung benefits award affirmed
Clyde Damron sought black lung benefits after an administrative law judge found 19.25 years of coal mine employment and complicated pneumoconiosis. The judge applied the irrebuttable presumption of total disability due to pneumoconiosis and awarded benefits. The Board upheld the responsible…
S.B. and U.S. Postal Service, Pleasant Ridge Annex Post Office
Board affirms denial of postal carrier's foot condition claim (ECAB 26-0124)
A postal city carrier attributed plantar fasciitis in her right foot to prolonged walking on her route. OWCP accepted the described work factors but denied the claim because the medical record did not establish a causal connection. The Board found that her podiatrist identified the condition and…
R.R. and U.S. Postal Service, Sun Prairie Post Office
Board returns postal worker's knee claim for combined review (ECAB 26-0116)
A rural postal delivery worker sought benefits for knee injuries after stepping out of a postal vehicle. OWCP denied the claim, concluding that the medical evidence did not link her diagnosed conditions to that incident. The Board found that two other claim files involving her knees should be…
S.Y. and Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol
Board affirms denial of border agent’s knee injury claim (ECAB 26-0107)
A Border Patrol agent reported right knee pain while running on a treadmill during an employer fitness program. OWCP accepted the incident but denied his claim for a knee condition. The Board found that his surgeon identified knee conditions and called them work related without explaining the…
D.D. and Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Detention Center Houston
Board denies schedule award and later wage loss claim (ECAB 26-0094)
A federal detention center cook sought a schedule award after an accepted finger contusion and cervical strain, and later sought wage loss compensation for a July to August 2025 absence. The Board found that his doctor rated whole person impairment, which FECA does not cover through a schedule…
Tracie Jefferson (Executrix of the Estate of Brenda S. Jefferson, Widow of and o/b/o Willie Jefferson) v. Zeigler Coal Company and Old Republic Insurance Company
Jefferson v. Zeigler Coal (BRB 24-0271 and 24-0272): miner and survivor benefits affirmed
Tracie Jefferson pursued the claims of her deceased father and mother as executrix of her mother’s estate. The judge found Willie Jefferson had at least twenty-seven years of underground coal mine work and a totally disabling respiratory impairment, applied the fifteen year presumption, and awarded…
Tracie Jefferson (Executrix of the Estate of Brenda S. Jefferson, Widow of and o/b/o Willie Jefferson) v. Zeigler Coal Company and Old Republic Insurance Company
Jefferson v. Zeigler Coal (BRB 24-0271 and 24-0272): miner and survivor benefits affirmed
Tracie Jefferson pursued the claims of her deceased father and mother as executrix of her mother’s estate. The judge found Willie Jefferson had at least twenty-seven years of underground coal mine work and a totally disabling respiratory impairment, applied the fifteen year presumption, and awarded…
G.D. and Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Board declines to add right knee arthritis to accepted claim (ECAB 26-0072)
An immigration enforcement agent had an accepted left knee injury and sought to add right knee osteoarthritis as a related or consequential condition. OWCP declined. The Board credited its referral physician's explanation that the right knee showed earlier degenerative changes and had progressed…
B.H. and U.S. Postal Service, Helena Post Office
Board affirms denial of postal carrier's back injury claim (ECAB 26-0067)
A rural postal carrier reported lower back pain after lifting a package from a hamper at work. OWCP accepted that the incident occurred but denied the injury claim. The Board found that the physician's report did not give a specific medical diagnosis. An unsigned report, reports from a physician…
J.S. and U.S. Postal Service, North Houston Processing and Distribution Center
Board orders independent medical review of postal worker's left knee claim (ECAB 26-0024)
A postal mail handler sought to add left knee conditions to an accepted right knee injury claim. Her treating physicians linked the left knee conditions to altered weight bearing after the right knee injury and surgeries. OWCP's physicians attributed the left knee problems to degeneration unrelated…
C.B. and U.S. Postal Service, Chandler-Ocotillo Station
Board orders independent impairment review for postal worker (ECAB 22-0823)
A postal carrier sought a larger schedule award for impairment of both upper extremities after receiving earlier awards. Her physician and OWCP's medical adviser reached different impairment ratings and disagreed about how to apply the impairment guides to carpal tunnel syndrome. The Board found a…
United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection and American Federation of Government Employees, National Border Patrol Council
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and National Border Patrol Council (FLRA 0-AR-5924): Authority remands for timeliness findings
The National Border Patrol Council alleged that Customs and Border Protection changed a past practice by assigning officials outside the Border Patrol to decide discipline involving Border Patrol agents. An arbitrator found that the agency violated the agreement and federal labor law by making the…
Secretary of Labor v. Doe Run Co.
Pressure-vessel citation affirmed
Doe Run operates an underground lead, copper, and zinc mine where a 250-gallon pressurized water tank on a drill had not been inspected by a certified National Board inspector during roughly 20 years of use. MSHA cited 30 C.F.R. § 57.13015(a), and Doe Run argued that a 2004 National Board document…
Americold Logistics
Unstable railcar load citation vacated
Americold Logistics operated a cold-storage facility in La Porte, Texas, where employees unloaded refrigerated railcars. While two employees were unloading boxes of frozen chicken feet, one or more pallets collapsed onto them, leaving one employee with minor injuries and another paralyzed. OSHA…
Matter of R-A-U-
Asylum grant reversed and proceedings remanded
The Department of Homeland Security appealed an Immigration Judge's grant of asylum to a Moroccan applicant who claimed persecution based on his sexual identity and his father's political activity. The Board found that the Immigration Judge’s credibility finding was clearly erroneous on this record…
Matter of Sandra IBARRA-VEGA
Matter of IBARRA-VEGA (BIA ID 4167): proceedings recalendared and remanded
The Department of Homeland Security appealed an Immigration Judge's refusal to recalendar removal proceedings that had been administratively closed for nearly 13 years while a Mexican respondent waited on a U visa petition. The Board held that the record did not establish prima facie eligibility or…
Thomas M. Walls v. XMV, Incorporated
Walls v. XMV (BRB 25-0135): black lung benefits award affirmed
Thomas Walls sought black lung benefits after 23.96 years of underground coal mine work. An administrative law judge found total respiratory disability, applied the fifteen year presumption, and awarded benefits. XMV challenged the disability and rebuttal findings. The Board upheld the judge’s…
Gary Jude v. Premium Energy Incorporated and West Virginia Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis Fund
Jude v. Premium Energy (BRB 25-0114): black lung benefits award affirmed
Gary Jude sought black lung benefits after twenty-one years of qualifying surface coal mine work. An administrative law judge found total respiratory disability, applied the fifteen year presumption, and awarded benefits. Premium Energy challenged only the finding that it failed to rebut the…
James E. Vancil v. Peabody Gateway Services, LLC
Vancil v. Peabody Gateway (BRB 25-0035): black lung benefits award affirmed
James Vancil sought black lung benefits after thirty-two years of qualifying coal mine work. An administrative law judge found total respiratory disability, applied the fifteen year presumption, and awarded benefits beginning in October 2015. Peabody Gateway challenged the judge’s authority, the…
Gracie Kidd (Widow of Arnold Kidd) v. Ranger Fuel Corporation
Kidd v. Ranger Fuel (BRB 25-0001): survivor claim reinstated for merits review
Gracie Kidd filed a later survivor’s black lung claim after her first claim was denied as abandoned. An administrative law judge dismissed the later claim, reasoning that she had always been unmarried and thus had no changed condition. The Board held that the first denial legally counted as a…
Ronald D. Massey v. U.S. Steel Mining Company, Alabama, LLC and United States Steel Corporation
Massey v. U.S. Steel Mining (BRB 24-0464): black lung benefits award affirmed
Ronald Massey sought black lung benefits after 10.39 years of coal mine employment. Because he lacked fifteen years, the administrative law judge considered entitlement without the statutory presumption and found legal pneumoconiosis, total respiratory disability, and disability caused by that…
Maverick Qualls v. SSA Terminals, LLC and Homeport Insurance Company
Qualls v. SSA Terminals (BRB 24-0261): late fee reconsideration denial affirmed
Counsel for Maverick Qualls sought an attorney fee award under the Longshore Act. The administrative law judge awarded fees and costs but did not address an unopposed request to pay counsel's hourly rate expert. Counsel sought to amend the order 27 days later, within the federal civil rule's 28 day…
Marks v. Conopco, Inc.
Second reconsideration request on ALJ recusal denied
Russell Marks sought a second reconsideration of the Board’s refusal to hear an immediate appeal of an ALJ’s denial of recusal in his Taxpayer First Act case against Conopco, doing business as Unilever. The Board found the request untimely because it arrived 50 days after the first reconsideration…
Barhaghi v. OB/GYN Affiliates & Prosum
Telephone filing evidence defeats timeliness dismissal
Michelle Barhaghi, a physician, alleged that OB/GYN Affiliates & Prosum retaliated against her for internal complaints about accounting and tax practices. The ALJ dismissed her Taxpayer First Act complaint as late after rejecting her father’s attempt to file it by telephone on her behalf. The Board…
Boyd v. City of Chelsea
ACA retaliation dismissal affirmed for lack of supported protected activity
Charles Boyd alleged that the City of Chelsea retaliated against him in violation of the Affordable Care Act after disputes over health insurance coverage during his fire-service employment. The ALJ granted summary decision because Boyd did not establish a genuine factual dispute about protected…
N.L. and U.S. Postal Service, Melville Post Office
Board dismisses appeal after postal worker withdraws it (ECAB 26-0210)
A postal worker appealed two OWCP decisions but then asked to withdraw the appeal so she could seek reconsideration from OWCP. The Board granted her request and dismissed the appeal. It did not decide the underlying benefits dispute.
A.A. and U.S. Postal Service, North Texas Processing and Distribution Center
Board affirms denial of postal worker's occupational disease claim (ECAB 26-0149)
A postal mail processing clerk attributed pain in several body areas to repetitive lifting, pulling, reaching, walking, and standing. OWCP sought more information about the duties and alleged injury, but received no response. The Board found that her account did not sufficiently describe the work…
M.K. and U.S. Postal Service, Trenton Mail Processing and Distribution Center
Board upholds postal worker's overpayment recovery (ECAB 26-0120)
A former postal mail processor received FECA wage loss payments and Social Security retirement benefits attributable to federal service during the same period without the required offset. The Board upheld OWCP's $25,752.48 overpayment calculation and its finding that she was without fault. It also…
C.H. and U.S. Postal Service, Muskegon Heights Post Office
Board returns postal worker's reconsideration request for correct review (ECAB 26-0080)
A postal carrier technician sought reconsideration of an emotional condition claim. OWCP denied the request using the standard for a timely filing. The Board found that the request arrived more than one year after the last merits decision. It set aside OWCP's denial and directed the agency to apply…
J.S. and Department of the Army, U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Fort Hunter Liggett
Board orders independent review of firefighter's right shoulder claim (ECAB 26-0078)
An Army firefighter with an accepted left shoulder injury sought to add right shoulder conditions as a consequence of using that arm while the left healed. His treating physician supported that connection, while OWCP's medical adviser found the timing and amount of overuse did not explain the right…
A.P. and U.S. Postal Service, Sacramento Processing & Distribution Center
Board affirms postal worker's injury and pay denials (ECAB 26-0065)
A postal mail handler attributed shoulder and arm strains to repeated loading and lifting work. The Board found the medical reports did not adequately explain how his duties caused the diagnosed conditions. It also found that his account described an injury developing over more than one shift…
L.D. and Department of the Air Force, Peterson Air Force Base
Board upholds recovery of compensation overpayment (ECAB 26-0061)
A former Air Force contracting officer received FECA wage loss payments and Social Security retirement benefits attributable to federal service during the same period without the required offset. The Board upheld OWCP's calculation of a $39,167.08 overpayment and its finding that he was without…
A.S. and U.S. Postal Service, Greater Indiana Performance Cluster
Board upholds postal worker's award rating and payment decisions (ECAB 26-0056)
A postal distribution clerk sought a larger schedule award for leg impairment, a lump-sum payment of her award, and review of the written record. The Board found no medical rating supporting more than the 36 percent right leg and 31 percent left leg impairment already awarded. It upheld OWCP's…
A.S. and U.S. Postal Service, Coppell Post Office
Board orders merits review of postal worker's disability claim (ECAB 26-0038)
A postal mail handler sought reconsideration of a denial of disability benefits connected to accepted arm and hand conditions. OWCP declined to reopen the claim. The Board found that a new physician's report directly addressed how those conditions kept her from performing her mail handler duties…
M.A. and U.S. Postal Service, Dallas Bulk Mail Center
Board returns postal worker's impairment claim for new review (ECAB 26-0003)
A postal mail handler sought a larger schedule award for impairment of both arms. OWCP relied on a second opinion physician's rating, but the facts supplied to that physician omitted a prior right arm award and an accepted right wrist sprain. The Board found the incomplete statement of facts…
J.L. and U.S. Postal Service, Processing & Distribution Center Finance Post Office
Board returns postal worker's hand claim for independent review (ECAB 25-0840)
A postal mail processing clerk sought to add carpal tunnel syndrome and other wrist and thumb conditions to an accepted hand claim, and sought a larger schedule award. Her treating physicians attributed the additional conditions to repetitive work, while OWCP's second opinion physician viewed them…
Matter of Francis Jude FORJOE
Matter of FORJOE (BIA ID 4166): entry-based fraud waiver affirmed
The respondent, a Ghanaian national who became a lawful permanent resident after a marriage-based visa petition, was placed in removal proceedings after disclosing that he had concealed a relationship and children during the petition process. The Board held that the fraud waiver in section…
Earnest L. Green v. U.S. Steel Mining Company Alabama, LLC and United States Steel Corporation
Green v. U.S. Steel Mining (BRB 25-0411): untimely benefits appeal dismissed
Earnest Green appealed an administrative law judge’s denial of black lung benefits. U.S. Steel Mining moved to dismiss, arguing the notice of appeal came after the thirty-day filing period. The Board found the notice was filed ninety-eight days after the judge’s order, with no claimed problem in…
Barbara Younce (Widow of and o/b/o Ralph Younce) v. Clinchfield Coal Company
Younce v. Clinchfield Coal (BRB 25-0104 and 25-0106): miner and survivor denials vacated
Barbara Younce pursued her late husband Ralph’s miner claim and her own survivor claim after an administrative law judge denied both. The Board held that the judge had not adequately explained how she weighed conflicting medical opinions about Ralph Younce’s ability to perform his last coal mine…
Barbara Younce (Widow of and o/b/o Ralph Younce) v. Clinchfield Coal Company
Younce v. Clinchfield Coal (BRB 25-0104 and 25-0106): miner and survivor denials vacated
Barbara Younce pursued her late husband Ralph’s miner claim and her own survivor claim after an administrative law judge denied both. The Board held that the judge had not adequately explained how she weighed conflicting medical opinions about Ralph Younce’s ability to perform his last coal mine…
What these documents are
- The agencies: Federal workers' compensation appeals from the Department of Labor's Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB), federal-sector labor-relations cases from the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), mine-safety cases from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC), workplace-safety cases from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), Longshore Act and Black Lung Benefits Act appeals from the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board (BRB), precedent decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), environmental permit and penalty appeals from the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), and whistleblower and other labor appeals from the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB). Each decision page names its agency.
- Commission, Board and Authority decisions: Rulings by the agency's highest review level (the Commission at OSHRC and FMSHRC, the Authority at FLRA, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Administrative Review Board at Labor, and the Environmental Appeals Board at EPA). These are citable as precedent, though a decision may have been appealed to a U.S. Court of Appeals after issuance.
- ALJ decisions: Rulings by the agency's Administrative Law Judges after a hearing. When no Commissioner directs review, an ALJ decision becomes a final order that binds the parties in that case but is not binding precedent: under 29 U.S.C. § 661(j) at OSHRC, and after the 40-day window of 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) at FMSHRC.
- Why finality matters: Every page here says which kind of decision you are reading, so you know whether it is precedent you can cite or a final order that only shows how one judge ruled on one set of facts.
- Where they come from: Every page links the official public release from the deciding agency, and the full text on the page is that release. The plain-English summaries are written by Ezel.