CNN: State Dept. Names 'Email Czar'

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http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/email-czar-transparency-coordinator/2015/09/08/id/678646/


Secretary of State John Kerry (AP)

By Greg Richter   |   Tuesday, 08 Sep 2015 06:57 PM

The State Department has named an "email czar" to make sure Freedom of Information Act and congressional requests are responded to more quickly, CNN reports.

Janice Jacobs, a 49-year career diplomat, will serve as Secretary of State John Kerry's "transparency coordinator," CNN reported Tuesday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."

Reuters also reports that the State Department plans to shift about 50 people to bolster the office that is currently sifting through the Clinton emails.

Jacobs' experience includes the effort to revamp visa policies after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and also was in charge later of clearing up a backlog of passport applications.

Kerry is reportedly frustrated that his department is under fire for the slowness in which it has released emails from his predecessor Hillary Clinton. She is under fire herself for her use of a private server for official business.

Kerry also wants Jacobs to improve State Department systems in how it keeps and retrieve records, according to CNN.

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"transparency coordinator,"..........

[Fishrrman]

[[ Janice Jacobs, a 49-year career diplomat, will serve as Secretary of State John Kerry's "transparency coordinator," ]]

I sense that her office will be filled with paper shredders, and not much else, for maximum "transparency" ...!

[aligncare]

And my critics said there's no parallel between the old soviet state bureaucracy and our own.

Next will have the OOT, Office of Obfuscated Titles.

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The State Department has named an "email czar" to make sure Freedom of Information Act and congressional requests are responded to more quickly, CNN reports.



Sandy Berger is the email czar.

[Oceander]

[[ Janice Jacobs, a 49-year career diplomat, will serve as Secretary of State John Kerry's "transparency coordinator," ]]

I sense that her office will be filled with paper shredders, and not much else, for maximum "transparency" ...!

Yup.  And also hammers for smashing those pesky hard drives.

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Politics | Tue Sep 8, 2015 6:21pm EDT
Related: Politics
Exclusive: U.S. to shift 50 staff to boost office handling Clinton emails
WASHINGTON | By Arshad Mohammed
 

The U.S. State Department plans to move about 50 workers into temporary jobs to bolster the office sifting through Hillary Clinton's emails and grappling with a vast backlog of other requests for information to be declassified, officials said on Tuesday.

The move illustrates the huge administrative burden caused by Clinton's decision to use a private email address for official communications as secretary of state and a judge's ruling in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that they be released.

Clinton on Tuesday for the first time apologized for her use of private email, telling ABC News: "That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that." The news channel reported the comment before broadcast of the full interview at 6:30 p.m. ET.

    The extra staff will not work on the monthly, court-ordered release of Clinton emails, which are being handled by about 20 permanent, and 30 part-time, workers, officials said. The new staff will fill in for those workers and may also handle other Clinton FOIA requests.

The front-runner to be the Democratic presidential candidate in the 2016 election has been heavily criticized since it emerged in March that she used the private set-up rather than a government-issued email address.

In a notice to employees on Sept. 2, the State Department advertised for people with skills in coordinating and assessing FOIA requests and deciding if information may be declassified and released to the public.

The notice, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, is entitled "Enhancing Transparency: Immediate Detail Opportunities At State" and calls for workers to apply for reassignment for 9 to 12 months. Applications are due on Thursday and the agency plans to make selections by Sept. 18.

In addition to filling in for workers pulled from their normal duties to handle the crush of work from the Clinton emails, officials said the extra staff would help the department grapple with a surge in FOIA requests more generally, related litigation and a huge backlog of information requests.

On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that he was naming Ambassador Janice Jacobs to serve as the State Department's "transparency coordinator" to help the agency respond to FOIA and congressional requests more efficiently.

The agency had an overall backlog of 10,045 FOIA requests at the end of fiscal year 2014 on Sept. 30, up about 15.8 percent from the previous year, according to its FOIA reports.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/08/us-usa-election-clinton-statedept-exclus-idUSKCN0R82QG20150908

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And my critics said there's no parallel between the old soviet state bureaucracy and our own.

Next will have the OOT, Office of Obfuscated Titles.

Yep

[Paladin]

"State Dept official tapped to oversee Hillary Clinton’s emails donated to Hillary 2 weeks ago"

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,179863.msg709330.html#msg709330