Thread by @weareoversight

First, #USPS refused to release Postmaster General Louis #DeJoy’s calendars.

Then, USPS gave us calendars that were almost entirely redacted.

Last week, a federal judge ruled that USPS failed to “meet its burden” under #FOIA for its excessive redactions.
americanoversight.org/court-rules-th…

In summer 2020, USPS rejected our #FOIA for DeJoy’s calendar, saying the “calendar maintained on a USPS computer” was for DeJoy's personal use and the entries ”are not agency records subject to the FOIA.”

So, we appealed.

https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1294353393562128384?s=20

After we sued for these records, USPS agreed to release DeJoy’s calendars. But the documents were almost entirely redacted. USPS didn't specify which specific exemptions applied to the individual redactions.

https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1339028470102417408?s=20

On Sept. 23, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras denied the USPS’s partial motion for summary judgment.

The court was unconvinced with USPS’s blanket exemption argument and ordered USPS to justify each of its redactions.

The court’s order also called for the USPS to present a judge with an unredacted version of DeJoy’s complete calendar for review.

USPS has 30 days to respond to the order with unredacted documents, a redrafted partial summary judgment, and a complete Vaughn index to properly explain each redaction.

The calendars cover months in which DeJoy oversaw a number of controversial decisions that led to significant mail delays when the U.S. was gearing up for an election that would see a large increase in voting by mail.

Learn more about our ongoing investigation here:
americanoversight.org/investigation/…