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NEW: The Interior Department informed us that Acting Interior Secretary Bernhardt's daily "Google doc" calendars will be posted online. We sued DOI for officials' calendars a year ago, but the agency never informed us of the existence of those calendars: americanoversight.org/interior-depar…
News reports this week said that Bernhardt's non-public calendars were being prepared on a Google document that was erased each day in possible violation of federal records law: washingtonpost.com/context/interi…
We've been involved in ongoing FOIA litigation seeking Interior officials' calendars, but the Google doc calendar was not made available to us. The public has a right to know who the secretary has been meeting with: americanoversight.org/interior-depar…
The value of a secretary’s calendars is particularly apparent with Bernhardt, who worked for years as a lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry and others — the very same companies he now regulates. americanoversight.org/new-lawsuit-se…
Under federal law, a secretary's schedule is a "permanent record" and must be retained. The public has a right to know with whom Bernhardt is meeting so we can confirm he is working not for his former clients, but for the people.
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