Judge Sends GSA FOIA Staff Back to Work on Trump Hotel
Docs<https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2018/05/judge-sends-gsa-foia-staff-back-work-trump-hotel-docs/147982/>,
Charles Clark, Government Executive, 4 May 2018 - A federal district judge on
Thursday faulted the General Services Administration for inadequately
responding to a Freedom of Information Act request.Judge Beryl Howell, chief of
the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
ruled<https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2017cv1267-31> in
the case brought by the nonprofit transparency group American Oversight that
GSA, though it had delivered thousands of emails from the Trump transition
team, had not "adequately supported" its decisions to redact some documents and
withhold some email attachments in the name of privacy.
NFOIC requests Google disable Gmail "self-destructing" feature for government
communiqués<https://www.nfoic.org/blogs/nfoic-requests-google-disable-gmail-self-destructing-feature-government-communiques>,
4 May 2018 - The National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) has
contacted Google about Gmail's new "self-destructing" email feature. The
feature could allow government employees to delete public records subject to
federal, and state open government and Freedom of Information laws.
In an open letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, NFOIC board president Mal Leary
cited that most states have clear record retention laws aimed at making sure
public records, electronic and otherwise, such as official correspondence
between public officials are secured and maintained.
ODNI Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency releases ODNI
STATISTICAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT-Use of National Security Authorities - CY 2017,
final
5.4.18<https://govinfowatch.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ODNI-STATISTICAL-TRANSPARENCY-REPORT-Use-of-National-Security-Authorities-CY-2017-final-5.4.18.pdf>
Patrice McDermott, Director
Government Information Watch<https://govinfowatch.net/>
pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
@GovInfoWatch
