The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects Office of Administration, which is in charge of archiving emails, to the Freedom of Information Act, claiming that court rulings find its office is not subject to the transparency law.
This comes on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s scandal where she stored years of state emails on her private server.
The exemption of the Office of Administration from the FOIA is listed in the Federal Register as a final rule, meaning that there will be no opportunity for public comment.
The timing of this removal brought some questions to the transparency advocates because it was on National Freedom of Information Day and during the debate over the preservation of Obama administration records. And it’s Sunshine Week, a week where news organization and watchdog groups bring issues of government transparency to the forefront.Anne Weismann of the liberal Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said:
“The irony of this being Sunshine Week is not lost on me.”
For 30 years, the Office of Administration has responded to FOIA requests. Until the Obama administration, groups on the left and right used the records to shed light on how the White House works.
“This is an office that operated under the FOIA for 30 years, and when it became politically inconvenient, they decided they weren’t subject to the Freedom of Information Act any more.” Tom Fitton from Judicial said.
CREW sued over e-mails that were deleted by the White House.
A federal appeals court in Washington ruled that the Office of Administration was not subject to the FOIA in 2009.
The appeals court ruled the White House would be required to archive the e-mails and not release them to the FOIA. Now the White House e-mails must be released under the Presidential Records Act, that will be five years after the end of the administration.
The rule change makes it so there will not be a formal process for the public to request the White House voluntarily disclose records. These records include the White House visitor logs.
The White House didn’t say why it waited almost six years to acknowledge the court ruling of regulations.
Brandi Hoffine, a White House spokeswoman says that the administration remains committed to work towards unprecedented openness in government. She stated:
“Over the past six years, federal agencies have gone to great efforts to make government more transparent and more accessible than ever, including by making information available to the public via our Open Government initiative and improving the FOIA process.”
Rick Blum, coordinator of the Sunshine in Government initiative for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press was not happy with ruling. He says the bigger issue is the that the Office of Administration is responsible for record-keeping. With the Clinton e-mail controversy, there should be more scrutiny of the record-keeping practices he thought.
“I think what we’ve all learned in the last few weeks is the person who creates a record–whether it’s running a program or writing an e-mail–is the one who gets to decide whether it’s an official record,” Blum said. “And there ought to be another set of eyes on that. That’s the essential problem.”
and who is deciding this,that is the people’s house cuff him
Impeach Obama.
Someone SUE the WH for VIOLATION OF FEDERAL FOIA!
Chicago style thugs!
Well how convenient…!
No balance & checks, if one has something to hide … Dirty Ratz …
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Dear [REPRESENTATIVE],
There can be no doubt that the muslim terrorists are planning another attack on America.
obama has put muslim terrorist leaders in top defense, security and intelligence positions in the US where they can $#%&!@*ist in coordinating these muslim terrorist attacks on America.
obama is disarming our nuclear $#%&!@*nal. He is alienating or abandoning our allies throughout the world. He is single handedly releasing known enemies of America during wartime, to go back and fight against America. He is removing senior staff throughout our entire armed forces, and replacing them with muslims and foreign nationals of unknown affiliation as well.
His executive actions unilaterally violate the cons$#%&!@*ution, again and again.
His actions threaten the safety and security of all Americans, our entire way of life, and the very existence of our country.
I am writing this letter to you to ask you what YOU are doing to STOP these illegal actions of this president, and to safeguard and secure our country and our people.
A written reply is requested.
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America IS at war. obama IS the enemy and obama is WITH the enemy.
This War has been waged openly against America for 6 years, now.
We’re under attack from islam, starting in the President’s office.
islam is the an$#%&!@*hesis of America.
obama has been attacking and destroying all aspects of The American Way since the day he started desecrating America and the oval office.
obama disrespects all things decent and American. He is a muslim terrorist on jihad against America.
obama has taken American arms and money and given them both freely to our muslim terrorist enemies. These muslim terrorists are obama’s “muslim brothers” that he THANKS. muslim terrorists that want to destroy us and our country.
obama has repeatedly illegally released muslim terrorist enemies of state, to return to the battle and attack and kill more Americans.
These muslim terrorists are undoubtedly planning another attack on the USA.
obama has placed our muslim terrorist enemies in key intelligence, security and military positions, to $#%&!@*ist them in planning and implementing future muslim terrorist attacks on America.
obama and his muslim terrorist brothers are an immediate and existential threat to America and our American citizens.
And the blame/responsibility for this blatant series of actions of HIGH TREASON fall 100% on the so-called shoulders of the muslim terrorist obama, and no one else.
Further, Congress is allowing us to be decimated by this clearly hostile and aggressive enemy. Through deliberate inaction, Congress is $#%&!@*isting obama and our muslim terrorist enemies in their hostile takeover of America, against Americans wishes.
America is being slaughtered, and NOT ONE SHOT has been fired to defend our country or freedoms.
The world of men will fall, and all will come to darkness… and this great country to ruin.
If only America had a MAN in charge, to protect her and her citizens, like Prime Minister Netanyahu or Winston Churchill. A MAN, who protects his country and his people.
Instead we have that Anti-American, Anti-freedom, Anti-Semitic, Anti-America’s Allies, parasitic, sniveling muslim dooshbag, obama, belittling and hurting America and Americans, every chance he gets.
Remember that during the obama reign of hate and racism and anti-Americanism and Anti-freedom and Anti-Semitism and TREASON that obama committed terrible deeds in the name of allah.
obama has failed the entire free world. He is an embarr$#%&!@*ment and disgrace to all humanity.
obama IS A FILTHY TRAITOR that HATES Americans and America – the entire United States, the west, England, Jews, freedom, liberty, truth, justice, The American Way, and all we stand for. He is working to destroy the USA.
Watch Dinesh D’Souza’s obama’s America.
islam is the religion of oppression, murder, torture, atrocities on humanity, sex enslavement, rape, pedophilia, child molestation, lying and goat fuxxing.
You know the difference between a moderate muslim and a radical one? The radical muslim wants to chop your head off. The moderate muslim doesn’t want to chop your head off. He wants the radical one to do it.
The Three Stages Of jihad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6cJueu9tw
Summary pamphlet about jihad:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwroQHEibOXlUTU1TDd4RjhzdDQ/edit?pli=1
Jesus VS Muhammad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwluC6GoKLE
obama: “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPKf5IUGn_Y
obama: “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
obama IS ISIS:
http://moonbattery.com/?p=55370
He is using debt as a weapon of m$#%&!@* destruction to weaken America as a global superpower, disarming our nuclear $#%&!@*nal AND our entire military, to leave us broken, defenseless, impoverished and destroyed – The next third world country.
THAT is o-BOMB-a’s legacy to America.
He IS a FAILURE – malignant, malevolent and EVIL – and Congress MUST STOP HIM NOW.
Trust our government? Right.
This Administration needs to be Banned from operating in the USA !!