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EPA provides certain employees with PDAs and text messaging capability as an option to email. But it seems EPA has yet to ever turn over text message transcripts, according to CEI discussions with frequent FOIA requesters and congressional investigators. CEI submitted its request specifically for some of McCarthy’s texts in April after being credibly informed EPA warned her to stop texting and that the messages she was sending about Members of Congress during hearings posed great risk to her and the agency. EPA has failed to turn over these messages, but it has acknowledged it could do so with less than two hours of work.
EPA must produce these records under the Freedom of Information Act and, in the process, admit one of two scenarios: Either EPA has maintained text messages as required by law but has chosen repeatedly to withhold them in the face of FOIA and congressional oversight requests for “all records” or “all electronic records,” or EPA has destroyed the texts, with possible criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 2071 (Concealment, removal, or mutilation of federal records).[1]
Really transparent guys! This admin is just running roughshod all over the law every chance they can get.
So Cons are upset that when they say jump, people don't say "how high?" It sounds like it will take them some time to gather up all the info that is being requested.
So Cons are upset that when they say jump, people don't say "how high?" It sounds like it will take them some time to gather up all the info that is being requested.
They are skirting the law..OBVIOUSLY..AGAIN!
BTW, it would only take a couple of hours MAX. There are products that archive this stuff and come with search engines to extract EXACTLY what they are looking for. It takes minutes once in front of the computer.
They are skirting the law..OBVIOUSLY..AGAIN!
BTW, it would only take a couple of hours MAX. There are products that archive this stuff and come with search engines to extract EXACTLY what they are looking for. It takes minutes once in front of the computer.
And you know this because you work for the EPA and understand their system for collecting emails and text messages? I think saying it will take a little bit of time to gather the information that is requested isn't unheard of.
And you know this because you work for the EPA and understand their system for collecting emails and text messages? I think saying it will take a little bit of time to gather the information that is requested isn't unheard of.
You have no clue. I work in IT and deal with archiving systems on a daily basis. All they need to do is enter the 2 terms they are looking for in the search field and click search. within a minute or two everything is there. Export it and it's done. The ONLY reason it will take long for them is because they are stonewalling or skimming through the stuff and destroying records.
And you know this because you work for the EPA and understand their system for collecting emails and text messages? I think saying it will take a little bit of time to gather the information that is requested isn't unheard of.
The EPA has already been caught falsifying information and releasing confidential information to environmental groups. They have already been caught doing misdeeds.
The EPA has already been caught falsifying information and releasing confidential information to environmental groups. They have already been caught doing misdeeds.
They were also already caught using email aliases that go around the archiving systems which is ILLEGAL!
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