'Great optics'! Most 'transparent' WH evah to scrap FOIA regs for Office of Administration

FOIA-led again!

https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/577543167479689216

From USA Today:

The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject all requests for records to that office.

The White House said the clean-up of FOIA regulations is consistent with court rulings that hold that the office — which handles office technology, human resources and other operational tasks for the White House — is not subject to the transparency law.

But the timing of the move raised eyebrows among transparency advocates, coming as it did on National Freedom of Information Day. It’s also Sunshine Week, an effort by news organizations and watchdog groups to highlight issues of government transparency.

"Transparency." http://t.co/pRKfD4IdAQ

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 16, 2015

Welp, so much for that, huh?

This almost has to be deliberate http://t.co/HtpqxQw9L3 pic.twitter.com/eCNHOWejfl

— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) March 16, 2015

https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/577546904432734208

Guess not.

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/577543318244061184

In honor of National Freedom of Information Day, the Obama administration will be deleting its FOIA regulations. http://t.co/7P72vGOG86

— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) March 16, 2015

White House officially exempts an internal office from FOIA. On Sunshine Week, no less! http://t.co/VnWGQLDdBR

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) March 16, 2015

Great optics > White House office to delete its FOIA regulations http://t.co/cJXmktosM6 via @usatoday

— Stephen N. Perkins (@Stephen_Perkins) March 16, 2015

https://twitter.com/AaronBlakeWP/status/577546105292005377

https://twitter.com/bmcsmith92/status/577544841946611712

.@WhiteHouse deleting all of its FOIA regulations.
Most transparent ever. http://t.co/E3u4UkefmJ pic.twitter.com/mlbzxyXaBB

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) March 16, 2015

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Besides, information leads to dangerous thinking. Best get back to work comrade! http://t.co/6bZiScfd7s

— SΞ4N VΞNKM4N (@MrFoPow) March 16, 2015

Anyone up for a parting awkward flashback?

https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/577543920806076416

Oof.