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WBIR-TV
March 14, 2018
"The Federal Records Act requires the preservation of records created in the conduct of our nation's business because those records belong to the American people," Cummings wrote. "As the committee of jurisdiction, we have the authority and responsibility to investigate whether federal agencies areÃâà...
Salon
March 13, 2018
... not report to the Chief of Staff, directing our Committee to the National Archives and Records Administration, and insisting that we seek documents instead from only those White House offices that are required to comply with the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Records Act,” Cummings writes.
Nextgov
March 5, 2018
They accused the administration of violating the Federal Records Act—which requires agencies to collect, retain and preserve records—and pushed the White House to “consider the fact that human-caused global climate change is one of the greatest existential threats to the future of our planet” in its futureÃâà...
The Province
February 24, 2018
Back in 1950, the United States enacted the Federal Records Act. It states the head of each agency shall cause to be made records on the agencies' “decisions, procedures and essential transactions” so as to protect both the government and “persons directly affected by the agency's activities.” Moreover, inÃâà...
Tulsa World
February 24, 2018
The organizations contend this violates the Federal Records Act. “Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has assumed a bunker mentality,” PEER counsel Adam Carlesco said in a statement. “By law, the American public has a right to know the basis for public health and anti-pollution decision-making that affects theirÃâà...
Courthouse News Service
February 23, 2018
CREW attorney Anne Weismann and PEER attorney Paula Dinerstein call the lack of a paper trail within the agency a violation of the Federal Records Act, which governs the creation and maintenance of national government records. PEER has filed at least four Freedom of Information Act requests with theÃâà...
The Hill
February 22, 2018
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a joint lawsuit against the EPA and Administrator Scott Pruitt for failing to keep records in accordance with the Federal Records Act (FRA). The groups charge that the TrumpÃâà...
CNBC
February 22, 2018
The law in question is the Federal Records Act, which provides guidelines to government agencies on how they should create and maintain records of their activities. A spokesperson for the EPA said the agency does not comment on ongoing litigation. In their complaint, the groups cite news reports thatÃâà...
Quartz
April 30, 2017
Additionally, the The Federal Records Act, passed in 1950, governs federal agencies. The government staffers generally dealing with all of the above include both archivists and records managers. While both are trained in archival science, and they often collaborate, each job has a different purview.
The Hill
July 12, 2016
"Do you agree with [FBI Director James Comey] that Mrs. Clinton violated the Federal Records Act?” Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) asked Lynch during her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. “I don't recall Director Comey speaking on that point. I'd have to go back and check, so I don't have aÃâà...
ZDNet
June 9, 2016
I'll discuss the Federal Records Act and whether or not there were violations of its requirements by any of the five most recent secretaries of state: Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry. For those of you who don't have time to take the deep dive with me, I'll takeÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
The incident was also a clear violation of the Federal Records Act, and indicates that Ms. Haspel does not believe she has an obligation to follow the law or a court order. The destruction of the videotapes even prompted then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint a prosecutor to investigate theÃâà...
