Last month, I filed a Freedom of Information Request (FOIA) to the Office of Administration in Washington DC, asking for copies of any records โrelating to the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission, formerly known as Triana, from the period January 1, 2000 to the present.โ (documents attached to the end of thisย post).
I then received this strange response from Whitehouse Deputy General Counsel F. Andrew Turley,ย stating:
Strange.
I sent my letter to the Freedom of Information Act Officer for the Office of theย Administration.
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) entities subject to the FOIAย are:
- Council on Environmentalย Quality
- Office ofย Administration
- Office of Management andย Budget
- Office of National Drug Controlย Policy
- Office of Science and Technologyย Policy
- United States Tradeย Representative
Then I received a call back from the Deputy General Counsel, saying that while this is confusing, the Office of the Administration is no longer subject to FOIA due to a โrecent legalย determination.โ
They still have a FOIA officer on staff, doing God knowsย what.
Part 1: theย background
Part 2: How politics conspired to kill DSCOVR
Part 3: Digging for answers from NASA
Part 4: FOIA, NASA, DSCOVR – my acronymย hell
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