NASA FOIA Follies Continue

NASA blocks FOIA request for potential White House 'media blackout' orders, Daily Dot

"Users of a popular online service that helps the public acquire legal access to government records face new hurdles when petitioning NASA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The National Aeronautics Space Administration has begun rejecting public records requests from users of FOIA request-filing service MuckRock, which doesn't provide what the agency calls a "personal mailing address," even though the requirement appears to have no basis under the law. Last week, following nearly two months of back and forth, NASA formally denied the Daily Dot access to any records--which may or may not exist--related to White House decrees affecting its use of social media and other forms of communication. The request, filed less than a week after Trump's inauguration, was sent using MuckRock's online submission system and contained MuckRock's mailing address. "Please be advised, that everyone submitting a FOIA Request via Muckrock, who are not a staff members [sic] must provide their personal mailing address when submitting a requests [sic]," NASA's FOIA officer, Josephine Shibly, wrote in a letter to the Daily Dot on March 10."

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