Judge Allows Groups’ Federal Records Act Claims Against EPA, Administrator

Mealey's (July 26, 2018, 11:13 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge on July 24 ruled that two nonprofit organizations dedicated to informing the public about governmental actions can pursue claims that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and former administrator Scott Pruitt did not implement a proper records management policy and violated the Federal Records Act (FRA) requirement to create and preserve records, ruling that they sufficiently stated claims for relief (Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. Scott Pruitt, et al., No. 18-406, D. D.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123183)....