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July 17, 2015 10:15 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Wei3dwyPmrA/irs-responds-to-records-reques.html
IRS responds to records request with encrypted CD full of blacked-out documents
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
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Wei3dwyPmrA/irs-responds-to-records-reques.html
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