Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, Labor Department, and other agencies have used separate, private email accounts that could pose transparency concerns, the Associated Press reports. Government email correspondence is considered a part of the federal record; it must be preserved and potentially released under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. But while the email addresses of figures like HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are published on public sites, the AP has found that several officials are also using private internal addresses, ostensibly to send mail without being "overwhelmed" by messages.
The AP sent requests for government agencies to turn over all email addresses of their officials; so far,...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/4/4395052/secret-government-email-addresses-could-evade-transparency-rules
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