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NEWS ABOUT: Presidential Records Act

Presidential Records Act stories: 3 news summaries

Team Obama Told to Ditch Instant Messaging

Obama's staffers give up their favorite lifeline

Jan 18, 09 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Team Obama will be chatting in the hall and by phone, Politico reports, because instant messaging just got the boot. Lawyers told them this week that programs like AIM and GChat, still staples of their daily operations, can't be used in the White House. "They just told us flat... More »

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Barack Obama • BlackBerry • instant messaging • Presidential Records Act

 Cheney Sued 
 to Expose 
 Secrets 

Citizens group asks judge to order his records preserved for public access

Sep 8, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge is being asked to prevent Dick Cheney from destroying or hiding what some believe are the administration's best kept secrets, reports the Washington Post. The advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics is calling for a court order to force the powerful vice president to preserve... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • National Archives • Presidential Records Act • public records • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics • U.S. District Court • University of Wisconsin Law School • Walter F. Mondale • Office of the Vice President • St. Louis University School of Law

OPINION

Separation of Powers? Leave Prez's BlackBerry Out of It

Scrutiny on email deprives executive of key communications tool—though not Congress

Jun 9, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 44th president will almost certainly kick off his term by quitting email cold turkey, Jamie Sneider writes in the Weekly Standard. With executive-branch communication subject to public-disclosure law, President Bush hasn't send a single message, the former White House aide says—a coping mechanism that "fails to strike... More »

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Dick Cheney • Karl Rove • Monica Goodling • email • BlackBerry • executive privilege • Executive Branch • Presidential Records Act

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