Government, Organization Argue Whether Official’s Emails Are Private, FOIA-Exempt

(January 25, 2017, 9:43 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Jan. 19 reply brief filed in District of Columbia federal court, the U.S. government argues that the personal email account of the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is exempt from production in response to a group’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request because the emails contained within it are duplicative of records already in the agency’s possession that are subject to the FOIA (Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Office of Science and Technology Policy, No. 1:14-cv-00765, D. D.C.)....