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FOIA News: HUD Refuses To Release Secretary Marcia Fudge's Email Address

FOIA News (2024)Kevin SchmidtComment

HUD Refuses To Release Secretary Marcia Fudge's Email Address in Response to Reason FOIA Request

By C.J. Ciaramella, Reason, Jan. 9, 2024

Want to know Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge's government email address? Too bad, it's a secret.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Reason, HUD released a list of email addresses for all political appointees—with two exceptions. The agency redacted HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge and Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman's addresses, citing an exemption from releasing any records that would "constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."

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