Legal Opinion

American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided October 30, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2019-2519Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN OVERSIGHT et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 19-2519 (RDM) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Federal Records Act (“FRA”) prohibits agency personnel from using private email accounts for official business without taking certain remedial measures. 44 U.S.C. § 2911. Upon learning of a violation of the FRA, an agency head must initiate an enforcement action through the Attorney General to recover the records.

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§ 3106(a). If the agency head fails to do so, the Archivist…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
Victor Herbert v. National Academy of SciencesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992

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