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WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees, including the Cabinet secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, are using secret government email accounts they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages, according to a review by The Associated Press.
Break out the popcorn! See what happens when you eff with the media...they eff back. This could be a long, hot summer for the Obama Administration. I love it
There is a FEDERAL LAW to ARCHIVE EVERYTHING! There is NO need to print out anything! You search for what is requested and export it to a PST or other electronic format. You connect the PST or other archive to your email client and search away. They are FULL OF ****.
You bet. I worked on Wall Street for years and if the companies I'd worked for had tried some of the excuses I'm reading today they would have been fined out the wazoo.
There is a FEDERAL LAW to ARCHIVE EVERYTHING! There is NO need to print out anything! You search for what is requested and export it to a PST or other electronic format. You connect the PST or other archive to your email client and search away. They are FULL OF ****.
Break out the popcorn! See what happens when you eff with the media...they eff back. This could be a long, hot summer for the Obama Administration. I love it
So, hopefully Sebelius will get another, double-secret email address, and no one will blab it to the Associated Press. If keeping separate email addresses - one for the public and one for internal use only - helps our government work more efficiently, I'm all for it.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees, including the Cabinet secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, are using secret government email accounts they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages, according to a review by The Associated Press.
What is the Administration's FOIA Policy? President Obama and Attorney General Holder have directed agencies to apply a presumption of openness in responding to FOIA requests. The Attorney General specifically called on agencies not to withhold information just because it technically falls within an exemption and he also encouraged agencies to make discretionary releases of records. The Attorney General emphasized that the President has called on agencies to work in a spirit of cooperation with FOIA requesters. The Office of Information Policy at the Department of Justice oversees agency compliance with these directives and encourages all agencies to fully comply with both the letter and the spirit of the FOIA. President Obama has pledged to make this the most transparent Administration in history.
One doesnt need to blab it to the press in order to obtain email addresses.. the Freedom of Information Act would reveal it.
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Most U.S. agencies have failed to turn over lists of political appointees' email addresses, which the AP sought under the Freedom of Information Act more than three months ago. The Labor Department initially asked the AP to pay more than $1 million for its email addresses.
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So, hopefully Sebelius will get another, double-secret email address, and no one will blab it to the Associated Press. If keeping separate email addresses - one for the public and one for internal use only - helps our government work more efficiently, I'm all for it.
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Originally Posted by TrapperJohn
That's called "transparency"
I guess that would depend on what the definition of 'transparency' is, is.
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