Article EMWE IRS responds to records request with encrypted CD full of blacked-out documents

IRS responds to records request with encrypted CD full of blacked-out documents

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Cory Doctorow
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Michael sez, "Sometimes a simple 'no' can be better than what agencies consider a response when it comes to Freedom of Information. J. Pat Brown over at FOIA powerhouse MuckRock discovered that the hard way when, after a request for information on information about the IRS's whisteblower office resulted in documents being sent on a CD ... that was fully encrypted ... using a Windows only app ... where the password was sent along in a separate letter." Read the rest

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