Thursday, September 20, 2012

Update 20 Sep 21012, VA RTLS - Protest of Solicitation# VA118A-12-RP-0118

Here is a portion of the statement I received from the Vetaran's administration.  "FOIA Exemption 5, [5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(5)], which protects from disclosure all inter-agency or intraagency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency."

Basically, they are saying I can't have the information.  The letter goes on to say that it is not within the function of the Veterans' Office of the Freedom of Information Act to provide other than copied documents and I can't have that either. 

I was referred to the General Counsel's office.  My rebuttal was pretty simple.  What is asserted as not in compliance with the regulations?

Even in matters of national security or Security and Exchange Commission violations, we can know the charges.  Not that anyone broke the law.  If the protest claims that some function within the regulation was not followed, we should be able to obtain that right?

I am putting together the information that the General Counsel requires. What do you think? For a bid protest, should the public have access to the information about specific regulations a plaintiff says the government did not follow?

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