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FOIA News: Yale looks at browsing histories under FOIA

FOIA News (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

A Penny for Your Browsing Habits: Are Browsing Histories “Agency Records” Under FOIA?

By Bernard Bell, Yale L.J., , Mar. 6, 2020

Presumably, federal employees, like the rest of us, use the Internet for official business (and occasionally for personal matters) throughout their workday.  Are browsing histories created as a result “agency documents” subject to disclosure under FOIA?  A D.C. District Court Judge grappled with the issue in Cause of Action v. White House Office of Management and Budget, — F. Supp. 2d —, 2019 WL 6052369 (Nov. 15, 2019).

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