State Dept Claims Another Year To Compile Short Double-Dippers List
Richard Pollock
Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin (Reuters photo) Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin (Reuters photo)
Department of State officials claim they need nearly a year before they can release a two-page list of “Special Government Employees”(SGE) – workers with a rarely granted permission to work simultaneously for the government and outside bosses.
The Daily Caller News Foundation requested the SGE list last July under the Freedom of Information Act. The department now says, “The estimated completion date (ECD) for this case is: December 2016.”
Department officials justified the delay by saying, “given the high volume of FOIA requests, in addition to a backlog which the department is working diligently to reduce, there is presently a delay in the completion of FOIA requests.”
The SGE list gained national prominence in 2015 when it became known that Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, held multiple outside jobs while working for the former secretary of state.
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