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    CREW v. Dept. of Education: Regarding Reading First: 8/10/2007 - Status Report (Document 13)

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    On December 7, 2006, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings based on DOE’s failure to release certain records required by law to be made public. Those records include the activities of advisory panels created under the Reading First Initiative, which was set up by the No Child Left Behind Act.

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    CREW v. Dept. of Education: Regarding Reading First: 8/10/2007 - Status Report (Document 13)

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    Case 1:06-cv-02086-HHK Document 13 Filed 08/10/2007 Page 1 of 3

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    ) No. 1:06-cv-02086-HHK
    CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND )
    ETHICS IN WASHINGTON, )
    )
    Plaintiff, )
    )
    v. ) JOINT STATUS REPORT
    )
    MARGARET SPELLINGS, Secretary of )
    Education, et al., )
    )
    Defendants. )
    )

    Pursuant to the Court’s order dated July 26, 2007, the parties have conferred about the

    status of this case and reached an agreement on a briefing schedule to resolve the remaining

    issues in this case.

    Since March 14, 2007, defendant Department of Education (“Department”) has produced

    approximately 62,000 pages of documents relating to the Reading First Program, including (1)

    the preliminary and final versions of the Reading First applications that State educational

    agencies submitted to the Department; (2) the Reading First Criteria for Review of State

    applications that the Department provided to peer reviewers; (3) the Technical Review Form

    Summary Sheets of individual panelists reviewing Reading First applications; and (4) the Panel

    Chair Summary Forms relative to all versions of the Reading First applications submitted by

    State educational agencies. The Department has also announced the schedule and agenda of the

    first open meeting of the Reading First Advisory Committee. See 72 Fed. Reg. 9,311 (March 1,

    2007) (announcing the creation of the Reading First Advisory Committee); 72 Fed. Reg. 42,403

    (August 2, 2007) (setting forth the schedule and agenda of the first open meeting of the Reading
    Case 1:06-cv-02086-HHK Document 13 Filed 08/10/2007 Page 2 of 3

    First Advisory Committee).

    Although these actions have resolved many of the issues between the parties, plaintiff

    contests, among other possible issues, the redaction of certain information from the documents

    produced by the Department. Accordingly, the parties were unable to resolve all of the issues

    presented by this case, and have agreed upon the following schedule to allow the Court to

    resolve those issues that remain: (1) Defendant will file a motion to dismiss and accompanying

    memorandum on September 21, 2007; (2) Plaintiff will file its response in opposition on October

    12, 2007; and Defendant will file its reply on October 26, 2007. A proposed Order reflecting

    this agreement is attached.

    Respectfully submitted,

    ________/s/_____________________ PETER D. KEISLER


    Scott A. Hodes (D.C. Bar No. 430375) Assistant Attorney General
    Scott A. Hodes, Attorney at Law
    P.O. Box 42002 JEFFREY A. TAYLOR
    Washington, D.C. 20015 United States Attorney
    Phone (301) 404-0502
    Fax (413) 641-2833 s/ John R. Coleman
    ARTHUR R. GOLDBERG, D.C. Bar 180661
    __________/s/__________________ JOHN R. COLEMAN, Va. Bar 70908
    Anne L. Weisman, D.C. Bar 298190 Attorney, Department of Justice
    Melanie Sloan, D.C. Bar 434584 20 Mass. Ave., N.W., Room 6118
    Citizens for Responsibility Washington, D.C. 20530
    And Ethics in Washington Tel: (202) 514-4505/Fax: (202) 616-8460
    1400 Eye Street, N.W. E-mail: [email protected]
    Suite 450
    Washington, D.C. 20005 Attorneys for Defendants
    Phone (202) 408-5565
    Fax (202) 566-5020

    Attorneys for Plaintiff

    Dated: August 10, 2007


    Case 1:06-cv-02086-HHK Document 13 Filed 08/10/2007 Page 3 of 3

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    ) No. 1:06-cv-02086-HHK
    CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND )
    ETHICS IN WASHINGTON, )
    )
    Plaintiff, )
    )
    v. ) ORDER
    )
    MARGARET SPELLINGS, Secretary of )
    Education, et al., )
    )
    Defendants. )
    )

    Upon consideration of the parties’ joint status report it is hereby ordered as follows:

    1. Defendant will file its motion to dismiss and accompanying memorandum on

    September 21, 2007.

    2. Plaintiff will file its response in opposition on October 12, 2007.

    3. Defendant will file its reply on October 26, 2007.

    Date: ___________________ ________________________________


    UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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