Practice question
An executive office possesses an otherwise releasable official spreadsheet. It rejects an access request solely because EO No. 2 supposedly covers paper documents but never computer-stored data. Which is the best response?
- Electronic records are expressly excluded from information.
- The file must be printed by a private publisher before it can qualify.
- Only handwriting can be an official record.
- Section 1’s definition includes electronic and computer-stored data in the specified official context.
- A spreadsheet is automatically private property of the employee who typed it.
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 2, July 23, 2016, Sections 1 and 9-13: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo2016/eo_2_2016.html
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 7: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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