The Postal Service said it would also change how it handles and processes requests as an additional safeguard. Mr. Partenheimer declined to say whether the Postal Service had taken any disciplinary action in the case. She said it was “absolutely against the law” for the Postal Service to release the document. Ms. Spanberger said she hired an opposition research firm in December to scour her background, a common practice by candidates. America Rising initially filed its FOIA request on July 9 to the National Records Center, which sent it to the Postal Service on July 12.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2018 17:22 UTC