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RE: job applicants must provide log-in information and ... - 6/21/2009 6:02:23 AM

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You can send a letter to the U.S. Department of Records and request that they send you copies of everything they have on file with your full name. It might take them a while to get it back to you, but it's free--well, it's paid for with your tax dollars--and will give you some kind of idea what they have on you. Hope that's helpful. :)

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Tell me more. Have you done this? What is the address and fee? (photo copy) What exactly is IN the file?

Google for FOIA or Freedom Of Information Act. As far as I know, you can't request a blanket "all records" but have to request it from each individual government agency who may have records on you. Keeping a second secret record, as you suggest, would be illegal under the FOIA (although some agencies have been known to do it anyway).

Also, some records are not available through the FOIA, or they may be redacted before being released. The amount of such records that are unavailable has increased dramatically under the Bush regime.

We were union. This was 1981-82. The plant was sued for lots of things. Dumb stuff. Too many lawyers.... that is what that was about.

The union rep who made a mountain out of every molehill- ...was one reason. He did not realize that his over- demands were, backfiring against him. Even tho there was a union contract and such- his attitude, triggered il-will.

Frankly- our non English speaking workers were harder workers--- seldom a problem. Even back then.... Polish and Hispanic. Chicago per capita is among the highest density of litigation, in the country.

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RE: job applicants must provide log-in information and ... - 6/21/2009 6:56:49 AM

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Google for FOIA or Freedom Of Information Act. As far as I know, you can't request a blanket "all records" but have to request it from each individual government agency who may have records on you. Keeping a second secret record, as you suggest, would be illegal under the FOIA (although some agencies have been known to do it anyway).

Also, some records are not available through the FOIA, or they may be redacted before being released. The amount of such records that are unavailable has increased dramatically under the Bush regime.

Thanks for covering me while I was sleeping, Cadenas, lol. Yeah, it would be a Freedom of Information Act request, but the Department of Records (if I'm not mistaken) will be the central repository for those records. I think I'm going to send in a request this week. I'm curious. :) Cheers.

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RE: job applicants must provide log-in information and ... - 6/21/2009 7:11:18 AM

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Google for FOIA or Freedom Of Information Act. As far as I know, you can't request a blanket "all records" but have to request it from each individual government agency who may have records on you. Keeping a second secret record, as you suggest, would be illegal under the FOIA (although some agencies have been known to do it anyway).

Also, some records are not available through the FOIA, or they may be redacted before being released. The amount of such records that are unavailable has increased dramatically under the Bush regime.

Thanks for covering me while I was sleeping, Cadenas, lol. Yeah, it would be a Freedom of Information Act request, but the Department of Records (if I'm not mistaken) will be the central repository for those records. I think I'm going to send in a request this week. I'm curious. :) Cheers.

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The GSA (General Services Administration) has a lot of information about how to do an FOIA request. http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/foia/foia.htm

They explicitly say that there is no one office that handles FOIA requests, but rather you have to contact the agency whose information you want. Most federal records are actually kept at the National Archives - but that's just essentially a huge library, they don't decide which records to give you. I think the Department of Records is an agency in many state or local governments, but not in the federal. They often primarily track things such as birth certificates, marriage certificates etc.

BTW, when the request is complicated, there can be a fee for FOIA requests, by the hour for searching, and per page for copying.

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RE: job applicants must provide log-in information and ... - 6/21/2009 7:23:32 AM

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FOIA is a joke.

How do I know if I am on the no fly list?

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