the people at the VA walking into their offices tomorrow, feeling smug and secure because they've been breaking the law for years by only accepting FOIAs for copies of veterans claims files by fax, and seeing literally thousands of new FOIAs waiting for them
I ordered my uncle's records before I finished reading the email. Such a surprise when it told me it was faxing the VA for me!
Then I saw the rest of the email that mentioned the fax system. ;-)
@ReclaimTheRecs A super quick search for my Dad's records and, instantly, they appeared. Wow! And, I never had the records before.
You did it again RtR! Thanks & Keep up the Great Work!!
~*~ FREE FILES FOR FESTIVUS! ~*~
We can finally announce that we sued the VA and WE WON!
And it's probably the largest public and free data set of deceased American veterans!
And now it's online and free and downloadable and searchable AND FOIA-ABLE!!!
FREE FILES FOR FESTIVUS: a huge new database of more than a century of US veterans' records, with a built-in FREE-FOIA-filing system -
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Well, we're on BlueSky now too, because some rando decided to make TWO fake accounts pretending to be us!
Our brand new VERIFIED (via our DNS records / domain name) account there is @reclaimtherecords.org
Choose wisely. ;-)
Happy #FOIAFriday
We are excited to announe the latest addition our online digital archive: Enslaved People of Stoke County, North Carolina (1790-1865).
400+ pages of enslaved names, with detailed information about them. Access via https://tinyurl.com/CFHStokeNCEPs
#northcarolinahhistory #stokescounty
When even the writers at the dry and traditional WSJ are covering how AOTUS Colleen Shogan (@AOTUS11_Shogan) is already whitewashing US history in exhibits at @USNatArchives, with NARA senior staff quitting and/or filing whistleblower lawsuits... 😂
https://archive.is/LFOF9
@XianyangCB @Catcher4242 It reminds me a little, oddly, of Italy, where a death certificate is valid for only six months before it has to be renewed. At each renewal another tax-stamp is required so that fiscal obligations pursue one beyond the grave.
