I'm not asking for a complicated query system, really. An upgraded version of outlook would probably do the job. Or an email to their IT department who could do it. That's what I ended up doing last time which ended up turning into a year and a half battle to prove that the numbers were releasable under FOIA.
The judge ended up telling them to JFGI [0], since not googling it was costing the city thousands in court fees. That should address your concerns. It probably didn't get me every releasable number, but I'm sure as hell not going to sue and waste another six months. It takes too long to sue, they know it, and it's a huge factor in why this is all so difficult to do.
Please realize that paving the way for others to obtain this data is a huge part of the end goal. In some ways, I'm trying to fix the potholes of FOIA.
[0] "Next, DoIT and its counsel conducted online research on each remaining responsive phone number — in other words,they "googled" each number to determine whether that number was publically listed, and, if so, to whom it belonged."
The judge ended up telling them to JFGI [0], since not googling it was costing the city thousands in court fees. That should address your concerns. It probably didn't get me every releasable number, but I'm sure as hell not going to sue and waste another six months. It takes too long to sue, they know it, and it's a huge factor in why this is all so difficult to do.
Please realize that paving the way for others to obtain this data is a huge part of the end goal. In some ways, I'm trying to fix the potholes of FOIA.
[0] "Next, DoIT and its counsel conducted online research on each remaining responsive phone number — in other words,they "googled" each number to determine whether that number was publically listed, and, if so, to whom it belonged."
Edit: Cleaned up (a couple times).