The Volokh Conspiracy - White House Web Page Was Out-of-Date:

Apparently the White House web page has not kept pace with the Bush Administration's conception of executive authority. The Washington Post reports:

The Bush administration argued in court papers this week that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act as part of its effort to fend off a civil lawsuit seeking the release of internal documents about a large number of e-mails missing from White House servers.

The claim, made in a motion filed Tuesday by the Justice Department, is at odds with a depiction of the office on the White House's own Web site. As of yesterday, the site listed the Office of Administration as one of six presidential entities subject to the open-records law, which is commonly known by its abbreviation, FOIA.

According to the Post, the White House declined comment.

	[Jonathan Adler, August 23, 2007 at 8:39am] Trackbacks White House Web Page Was Out-of-Date: Apparently the White House web page has not kept pace with the Bush Administration's conception of executive authority. The Washington Post reports: The Bush administration argued in court papers this week that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act as part of its effort to fend off a civil lawsuit seeking the release of internal documents about a large number of e-mails missing from White House servers. The claim, made in a motion filed Tuesday by the Justice Department, is at odds with a depiction of the office on the White House's own Web site. As of yesterday, the site listed the Office of Administration as one of six presidential entities subject to the open-records law, which is commonly known by its abbreviation, FOIA. According to the Post, the White House declined comment.