Under FOIA, an agency must make electronic copies of records available when those records have been requested three or more times, or when their subject matter makes them likely to be the subject of substantially similar future requests.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly by statutory text of 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2)(D), corroborated by DOJ, Cornell LII, and Georgetown Law guides, plus multiple agency regulations implementing the same standard. [tier=gold indep_score=0.723 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - National Archives (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.justice.gov/oip/freedom-information-act-5-usc-552 (corroboration)
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552 (corroboration)
- https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=320807&p=2146492 (corroboration)