CREW POSTS MORE MISSING WHITE HOUSE EMAIL DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY ADMINISTRATION

20 Aug 2009 // Washington, D.C. - In CREW v. Executive Office of the President, CREW’s lawsuit regarding the millions of emails missing from Bush White House servers, the White House has released documents from three more of 38 boxes assembled by the Bush White House as potentially responsive to CREW’s FOIA request seeking documentation of the missing email problem. Last month, the White House released documents from the first two of the 38 boxes. This latest release consists largely of documents related to two subjects: (1) contracts for computer-related products and services, many of which relate to records management (OAP00008559-OAP00009037); and (2) communications by the team assembled in 2005 to investigate the missing email problem (OAP00009067-OAP00013103).

Many of these documents previously were released by the administration to CREW during the lawsuit. Similar to the earlier releases, these documents highlight the extensive efforts of the Office of Administration (OA) to investigate the missing email problem and address it. Nevertheless, the Bush White House ignored many of OA’s recommendations, and failed to implement the plan for a long-term solution to the email preservation problem called Electronic Communication Records Management System (ECRMS).

As with previous releases, most of these documents appear to be copies of documents the Bush White House provided the House Oversight Committee several years ago. Many are marked “sensitive” meaning they are not subject to public disclosure.

Click here to browse these documents on GovernmentDocs.org.