Emails of top Obama appointees remain a mystery (AP discovers more private accounts)

AP via My Way News ^ | 06/04/2013 | Jack Gillum

[BuckeyeTexan]

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.

The scope of using the secret accounts across government remains a mystery: 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.

[BuckeyeTexan]

HHS originally did not turn over Sebelius' email address. The AP asked for them. HHS asked the AP not to publish he secret email address. They did anyway and stipulated why in the article.