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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are we now advocating for a secret government with no citizen oversight or general accountability?

The new Just Trust Me government!

Yay for the JTM party [/quote]

OP here. Not at all. It's just how many people do you want processing and reading FOIA requests versus the people doing the mission work? 10 years ago we had maybe 1/10th the emails that are produced today. [/quote]

I want as many people processing those request as is needed to be transparent in your service to the American people.
Perhaps the issue isn't FOIA requests, but a hiring freeze or complete lack of trust in the government.[/quote]

Maybe you are thinking too narrowly on what these FOIA requests are. Do taxpayers really believe they should see every single email that gets written in the government? Is it worth their taxpayer dollars? I truly believe in a transparent government and I do not believe my agency has anything to hide. Thousands of emails are sent and received from every agency every day.

Frequent FOIA requests we receive:
-emails that other coworkers send that reference their name 
-FOIAs about who got a new job and their qualifications
-FOIAs about every email sent regarding a program (even though the majority of responsive documents are already online as proactive disclosures)
-Companies requesting other companies' contracts so they can challenge the bids or make their own bids better[/quote]

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