Jennifer-Ruth Green filed a Privacy Act lawsuit against the Air Force in late May, claiming among other things that the unlawful disclosure contributed to her loss. The standard form (SF-180) used to request service records should be revised so that third-party FOIA requesters cannot mislead DOD or NARA about their access rights, which Due Diligence did here by stating an inaccurate purpose and signing the form (meant for first-party requesters only). The government was more careless with the Spanberger release, as the straightforward FOIA request sought far less information than USPIS mistakenly provided.
Jennifer-Ruth Green filed a Privacy Act lawsuit against the Air Force in late May, claiming among other things that the unlawful disclosure contributed to her loss. The standard form (SF-180) used to request service records should be revised so that third-party FOIA requesters cannot mislead DOD or NARA about their access rights, which Due Diligence did here by stating an inaccurate purpose and signing the form (meant for first-party requesters only). The government was more careless with the Spanberger release, as the straightforward FOIA request sought far less information than USPIS mistakenly provided.