No, Thank YOU...
Most government agencies will cough up only what they absolutely have to when answering requests under the Freedom of Information Act. The Post recently asked D.C. schools for e-mails and other documents on absenteeism and truancy. Here's a sample of what came back:
From: Poles, Raymond (SAIC)
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:15 PM
To: Shastry, Seju (OIT)
Cc: Ferguson, Chad (OOC)
Subject: RE: FINAL PREPARATION FOR THE YEAR-END TRUANCY REPORT
Importance: High
Good Evening:
(Redacted)
Thanking you in advance,
Ray Poles
Bill Turque
By Marcia Davis |
August 18, 2008; 12:11 PM ET
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Posted by: Anonymous | August 18, 2008 2:46 PM
Word around town is that Grayce Wiggins, the city's Rent Administrator, was fired last week.
Is there some point when this news is going to merit even a paragraph in the WaPo website?
Hey, folks, you got some big news here!
Posted by: anon | August 19, 2008 6:11 AM
I have seen the results of a FOIA recently. It is laughable that whole pages of blacked-out redacted material are responsive to requests from the public of its government.
Only the public portion of emails are considered "public". Anything that is intergovernmental is considered to be non-responsive, which defeats the entire purpose of FOIA.
That in itself is a story that should be covered, and a law that should be changed, retroactively to include internal communications.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 19, 2008 6:58 AM
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