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title: Defense Department Can’t Afford To Buy A Fax Machine To Receive FOIA Requests
date: "2013-09-20T12:20:10-07:00"
modified: "2013-09-20T12:20:10-07:00"
author: kims
url: "https://dominoresearch.com/defense-department-cant-afford-to-buy-a-fax-machine-to-receive-foia-requests"
categories: The Domino Effect
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description: Apparently the Sequester is hitting the Defense Department so hard that it can't even afford a new fax machine to handle Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Now, you might wonder why a fax machine is needed, but since the US government has generally…
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site_name: DominoResearch.com
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# Defense Department Can’t Afford To Buy A Fax Machine To Receive FOIA Requests

[![7259643](//img.1.rp-api.com/thumb/7259643)](http://s.tt/1LswU)[**Defense Department Can’t Afford To Buy A Fax Machine To Receive FOIA Requests**](http://s.tt/1LswU) (via [Techdirt](http://s.tt/1LswU))

Apparently the Sequester is hitting the Defense Department so hard that it can’t even afford a new fax machine to handle Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Now, you might wonder why a fax machine is needed, but since the US government has generally…

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