Top Obama Administration Officials Use Secret Government E-mails

It seems that “Richard Windsor” is not an anamoly. That was the alias former EPA head Lisa Jackson used in an e-mail account to conduct official government business. (Richard Windsor also turned out to be the EPA’s highest-achieving non-existent employee, as Eliana Johnson reported yesterday.)

In response to the revelations about Jackson’s secret e-mail account, the Associated Press decided to dig into the practice in other government agencies. But administration officials have been less than forthcoming, the AP reveals:
The scope of using the secret accounts across government remains a mystery: Most U.S. agencies have failed to turn over lists of political appointees’ email addresses, which the AP sought under the Freedom of Information Act more than three months ago. The Labor Department initially asked the AP to pay more than $1 million for its email addresses. . . .

Ten agencies have not yet turned over lists of email addresses, including the Environmental Protection Agency; the Pentagon; and the departments of Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Treasury, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security, Commerce and Agriculture. All have said they are working on a response to the AP.

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