U.S. Government Opposes Preservation Order For Official’s Private Email

Mealey's (November 2, 2016, 1:04 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government on Oct. 31 opposed a liberty advocacy organization’s motion to compel an officer of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to preserve emails in his private email account in accord with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, telling a District of Columbia federal court that the group has not met its burden to demonstrate the preservation order’s necessity (Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Office of Science and Technology Policy, No. 1:14-cv-00765, D. D.C.)....