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Monday, November 19, 2012

Congress Calls Out EPA On Secret Email Addresses

In a move to limit the ability for government organizations to work behind closed doors, Congress has demanded that the EPA keep its communications open to the public.

However, the EPA has decided to circumvent Congressional demands, creating ‘secret email accounts’, which has allowed them to communicate without public oversight.

This action, says the Washington Times, could be highly illegal:

A House committee has launched an investigation into whether EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson used an email alias to try to hide correspondence from open-government requests and her agency’s own internal watchdog — something that Republican lawmakers said could run afoul of the law. 

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh, gosh, the EPA has no hidden agenda! Pshaw! HAW! No way! They are our best friends! We can trust EVERYTHING they bring us! We are so lucky to have them!