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Post by arlene25 on Nov 1, 2007 12:48:31 GMT -5
I would like to file an FOIA request to get the breakdown of my score. I am not sure the best way to do that. Any advice? Thanks
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Post by odarite on Nov 1, 2007 13:22:06 GMT -5
Here's something to consider: What if, when they receive your request, your file is somehow tagged, delayed, set aside, put in a different category or action status (goodness knows how OPM works) and you are not considered when they put together a cert until the request is cleared and they change the status on your file again? That certainly happened with the old paper personnel files, and I wouldn't care to bet the ranch it can't or won't with electonic files.
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Post by arlene25 on Nov 1, 2007 13:26:10 GMT -5
Yikes, Odarite, that would be terrible. I hadn't considered that. I keep forgetting who we are dealing with. Maybe I should wait a couple of months and then do it.
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Post by lawguardian on Nov 1, 2007 13:36:04 GMT -5
What is an FOIA request?
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Post by Propmaster on Nov 1, 2007 14:43:27 GMT -5
A request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. |
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Post by doctorwho on Nov 1, 2007 14:55:53 GMT -5
Here's something to consider: What if, when they receive your request, your file is somehow tagged, delayed, set aside, put in a different category or action status (goodness knows how OPM works) and you are not considered when they put together a cert until the request is cleared and they change the status on your file again? That certainly happened with the old paper personnel files, and I wouldn't care to bet the ranch it can't or won't with electonic files. Completely and totally illegal. |
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Post by odarite on Nov 1, 2007 22:27:31 GMT -5
Here's something to consider: What if, when they receive your request, your file is somehow tagged, delayed, set aside, put in a different category or action status (goodness knows how OPM works) and you are not considered when they put together a cert until the request is cleared and they change the status on your file again? That certainly happened with the old paper personnel files, and I wouldn't care to bet the ranch it can't or won't with electonic files. Completely and totally illegal. I have no idea what your comment means, drwho, I can only tell you that I missed getting on the register in time to avoid the Adzell freeze because my paper file was lying on some bureaucrat's desk for some arcane reason at just the wrong moment. Since it happened to me for a completely non-malicious reason, I am not persuaded it can't happen again, and while agree with the poster who said one should not cower in fear, I don't want anyone to make a decision to take or not take any particular action without full consideration of any potential result. |
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Post by ruonthelist on Nov 2, 2007 6:18:29 GMT -5
I would like to file an FOIA request to get the breakdown of my score. I am not sure the best way to do that. Any advice? Thanks Just as a technical point--since it is your own record you would be requesting, wouldn't it be a Privacy Act rather than a FOIA request? |
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Post by arlene25 on Nov 2, 2007 7:34:53 GMT -5
Hmmm, ruonthelist, thanks for the input. I guess I can just write to them and ask them to release a copy of the breakdown of my scores. I can't think straight anymore.
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