Expenditures relating to visits from federal officials (Department of Corrections)

Emma North-Best filed this request with the Department of Corrections of Louisiana.
Multi Request Expenditures relating to visits from federal officials
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From: Emma North-Best


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the federal government between January 1, 2001 and the present.

I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.

As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

From: Muckrock Staff

To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Department of Corrections

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("Department") is in receipt of your email requesting records that purport to be applications made pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Act.

Please be advised that these requests seek thousands upon thousands of pages of documents - most of which are maintained in hard copy files only. Fees shall not be waived, and each document is subject to a 25 cent per page copy charge.

In order to begin processing the enclosed requests, the Department must insist upon a $2500 deposit made payable to the "Louisiana Department of Corrections." Once the check clears and the funds have been received, we will begin processing your request.

All the best,

DOC Public Records Staff

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