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A new lawsuit filed by a conservative watchdog nonprofit seeks access to any work-related communications, as well as responsive records of EPA efforts to retain this correspondence in accordance with federal records management laws.<br\/><br\/> Following a still unfulfilled Feb. 2 Freedom of Information Act request, the Cause of Action Institute filed its latest complaint March 21 with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit pertains to Signal communications, permissions and policies created or received by EPA officials from Jan. 20, 2017, to the present.<br\/><br\/> The CoA Institute is pushing alongside like-minded members of Congress for EPA leadership to assure they are meeting record preservation obligations.<br\/><br\/> The case file can <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/causeofaction.org\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ECF-No.-01-2017.03.21-Complaint-CoA-Inst.-v-EPA-17-509.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/causeofaction.org\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ECF-No.-01-2017.03.21-Complaint-CoA-Inst.-v-EPA-17-509.pdf\">be accessed on CauseOfAction.org<\/a>.\u00a0<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watchdog group the Cause of Action Institute has filed a lawsuit seeking access to agency-related correspondence in and about the use of the encrypted messaging application Signal to discuss Trump political 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