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 similar future requests.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly by statutory text (5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2)(D)) and corroborated by multiple government agency FOIA guides (EEOC, IRS, FOIA.gov, Cornell LII). [tier=gold indep_score=0.753 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - National Archives (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552 (corroboration)
- https://www.foia.gov/foia-statute.html (corroboration)
- https://www.eeoc.gov/foia/freedom-information-act-reference-guide (corroboration)
- https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/freedom-of-information-act-foia-guidelines (corroboration)