White House Office of Administration drops transparency regulation on freedom of information day

upi ^ | March 16, 2015 | By Danielle Haynes

[Jim Robinson]

WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- The White House Office of Administration on Monday announced it's deleting regulations subjecting it to the Freedom of Information Act seven years after a federal judge ruled the office doesn't have to comply with the law.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled in June 2008 the Office of Administration was not subject to FOIA regulations because it doesn't employ "the type of substantial independent authority that the D.C. Circuit has found sufficient to make an (executive office of the president) component an agency under the FOIA."

The Office of Administration provides administrative support and business services to the president's executive office.

The ruling came about after the office wasn't able to comply with a government watchdog group's FOIA request for up to 22 million emails. The White House said the emails had been deleted by a computer glitch.

It's not clear why it took seven years, but the office is now removing the FOIA policy from the Federal Register.

[potlatch]

Eye, yi yi!! snicker

[Politicalkiddo]

As if this administration has even been transparent.

[potlatch]

In a 'normal' world Hillary would lose, but I never say never anymore. I do agree that Obama and company do not support her. Who would have thought an 'unknown' guy like Obama would become President and weld such power over the powerful Clinton machine?

As for Benghazi, I could see Obama being otherwise occupied and Hillary bungling it herself.

[ThunderSleeps]

Apparently I have better record keeping and backups of my kids pictures at the zoo than this administration keeps of official records.

You could literally walk into my house right now, yank the drive out of my computer and crush it with a hammer. No problem (other than the $80 for another drive. I have backups. Verified, tried and true backups. I don't even get paid for this. Who are the IT fools this administration has on the payroll?

[UCANSEE2]

As for Benghazi, I could see Obama being otherwise occupied and Hillary bungling it herself.

I think VJ/Obama promised the weapons to the bad guys, and Hillary had promised to buy them back from the good guys (I know, hard to believe Hillary was actually doing something 'right').

VJ/Obama let the bad guys know the deal was going down, and they went in and attacked. It was supposed to go down clean, but it got dirty. Once it escalated, VJ/Obama simply denied military assistance.

[Incorrigible]

Bump!