Consumer agency FOIA officers help employees hide work calendars

By Richard Pollock

Published January 30, 2014 5:00am ET

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Consumer agency FOIA officers help employees hide work calendars — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray testifies before the House Financial Services Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 12. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) | Manuel Balce Ceneta

Freedom of information officers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are telling employees there how to hide their work calendars from public disclosure, according to a watchdog group.

The agency is required to comply with the federal Freedom of Information Act, but the group Cause of Action obtained a list of tips drawn up by CFPB’s FOIA office to its federal workforce, titled “Recommended Calendar Do’s and Don’ts.”

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