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OK, you're correct that it's not the federal FOIA law that is the issue, but most states have similar state laws that have been used in the past for this sort o

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > but most states have similar state laws Which are addressed in the part of my post after the first sentence (which is entirely consistent with your link): they don't generally apply to all email from a public university address, or even (because of both express exceptions in the state laws and superceding federal law) all university employee communication using such addresses.
  • harryh 7y ago
    Heh, ok. I think we're agreeing then. :) Definitely some variation from state to state. And definitely some restrictions due to things like FERPA and other privacy laws. But I think it's good for state university employees to know that this kind of thing can happen at all. I think that many of them would be surprised to learn that the general public can make any kind of request at all for copies of what they consider private emails. I know that my wife, who does some work in areas that can be politically charged, was when she took a job at UNC and someone told her this.