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Agency HQ/PR emails with attribution designation phrases
One email, per organizational unit, dated 2019-04-20
53 Articles
Using FOIA for emails
Requesting emails can be extremely insightful, but also a bit of an exemptions minefield.
New report highlights shortcomings of Colorado electronic records retention
Technology has created new problems - and solutions - for government accountability. In Colorado, a transparency group hopes to develop and adopt best practices for its state.
I paid $125 for this photo of Angela Merkel
After five years of trying to get records out of the Harvard University Police Department, I ended up spending $125 on a high-resolution photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This is the story of how and why.
This week’s FOIA round-up: Agency attempts at transparency hit road bumps
In this week’s FOIA round-up, we take a look at experiments with transparency in Florida, Oregon, and Wisconsin that have recently hit road bumps.
EPA is latest agency to stop accepting FOIA requests via email
Under the Environmental Protection Agency’s new FOIA regulations which were implemented back in July, the EPA is no longer accepting request submissions via email, joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation in requiring requests be made through an online portal or snail mail.
13 Requests
Rejected
All e-mails between the Social Security Administration and Ancestry.com
Reclaim The Records sent this request to the Social Security Administration of the United States of America
Rejected
All emails from Thomas Wierdsma to representatives of ICE
Beryl Lipton sent this request to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States of America
Withdrawn
Department of Defense Public Web Service Desk Records
Muira McCammon sent this request to the Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America
Completed
Erin Marie Miller sent this request to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget of Michigan