White House office to delete its FOIA regulations
Mar 18, 2015 3:53:07 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Mar 18, 2015 3:53:07 GMT -5
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White House office to delete its FOIA regulations
Gregory Korte, USA TODAY 6:05 p.m. EDT March 16, 2015
WASHINGTON — The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.
The White House said the cleanup of FOIA regulations is consistent with court rulings that hold that the office is not subject to the transparency law. The office handles, among other things, White House record-keeping duties like the archiving of e-mails.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/16/white-house-foia-regulations-deleted/24844253/
'Most Transparent' White House Dumps FOIA Regulations for Itself
Transparency advocates hammer Obama administration for change.
By Steven Nelson March 17, 2015 | 6:56 p.m. EDT
The Obama administration announced Tuesday it will ditch regulations that subjected large portions of White House correspondence to public records requests, a decision derided by transparency advocates who wryly noted it was issued during a week celebrating open access to government.
The notice exempting the White House's Office of Administration from the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act was contained in Tuesday's Federal Register, reversing a three-decade-old policy during Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of the FOIA law.
Anne Weismann, interim executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), says the step "makes mockery of the administration’s commitment to transparency, especially given that it's Sunshine Week.”
www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/17/most-transparent-white-house-dumps-foia-regulations-for-itself
White House office to delete its FOIA regulations
Gregory Korte, USA TODAY 6:05 p.m. EDT March 16, 2015
WASHINGTON — The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.
The White House said the cleanup of FOIA regulations is consistent with court rulings that hold that the office is not subject to the transparency law. The office handles, among other things, White House record-keeping duties like the archiving of e-mails.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/16/white-house-foia-regulations-deleted/24844253/
'Most Transparent' White House Dumps FOIA Regulations for Itself
Transparency advocates hammer Obama administration for change.
By Steven Nelson March 17, 2015 | 6:56 p.m. EDT
The Obama administration announced Tuesday it will ditch regulations that subjected large portions of White House correspondence to public records requests, a decision derided by transparency advocates who wryly noted it was issued during a week celebrating open access to government.
The notice exempting the White House's Office of Administration from the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act was contained in Tuesday's Federal Register, reversing a three-decade-old policy during Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of the FOIA law.
Anne Weismann, interim executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), says the step "makes mockery of the administration’s commitment to transparency, especially given that it's Sunshine Week.”
www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/17/most-transparent-white-house-dumps-foia-regulations-for-itself