Emergency Management Assistance Compact for Standing Rock NoDAPL Protests (Office of the Governor of Minnesota)

Dear Mr. Waltman:

This email confirms receipt of your December 7, 2016 data practices request. We will begin working on your request and I will let you know when the public and responsive data is available for your review.

Respectfully,

Cumah Blake | Counsel
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
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Dear Mr. Waltman:

Your data practices request is under review. I will let you know when the public responsive data is available.

Very respectfully,

Cumah Blake | Counsel
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
116 Veterans Service Building<x-apple-data-detectors://1/0>
20 W 12 Street<x-apple-data-detectors://1/0>
Saint Paul, MN 55155<x-apple-data-detectors://1/0>

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Dear Mr. Waltman:

Your data practices request is being reviewed. You can expect a response email from me early next week.

Respectfully,

Cumah Blake | Counsel
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
130 State Capitol
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55155<x-apple-data-detectors://1/0>

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Dear Mr. Waltman:

This email is in response to your data practices request for the following data:

"[d]ocuments pertaining to the deployment of personnel in regards to the North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple issuing a state of emergency in response to protests at Standing Rock over the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline." "Documents sought are as follows:
* Memos or requests received from the North Dakota Governor's Office, Morton County Sheriff's Department, North Dakota Emergency Management Agency, or North Dakota Highway Patrol for help under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact
* Emails with the aforementioned North Dakota agencies regarding the Standing Rock protests and/or personnel sent there to help with emergency management
* Memos, emails, and requests sent internally with regards to the decision to deploy officers to North Dakota to help with controlling the protest
* Requests from the aforementioned North Dakota agencies for specific equipment to be brought to the Standing Rock protest area for their use in controlling the protest - this equipment may include but is not limited to surveillance devices including cell site simulators or social media surveillance softwar, or crowd control methods such as site simulators or social media surveillance software, or crowd control methods such as long range acoustic devices, water cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray or tasers
* Any bills, contracts, agreements, invoices, or other financial documentation for services rendered in helping to control the Standing Rock NoDAPL protests."

We have completed our search and the public responsive data is now available. We have not included:

* security information pursuant to Minn. Stat., Section 13.37;
* personnel data pursuant to Minn. Stat., Section 13.43, subds. 2 and 4; and
* data and information protected by the attorney-client privilege; the work product doctrine; data and information classified under Minn. Stat. 13.393; and data and information protected by statutes, rules, state and federal laws and professional standards concerning discovery, production of documents, introduction of evidence, and professional responsibility.

You can make arrangements to review and inspect this data in person by contacting Yassin Omar at yassin.omar@state.mn.us<mailto:yassin.omar@state.mn.us>. If you want copies made, please let Mr. Omar know and we will calculate the cost. Pre-payment will be required and you should make the check payable to: State of Minnesota, and send it to Mr. Omar's attention at the address shown below. Once payment has been received, copies will be provided to you.

Respectfully,

Cumah Blake | Counsel
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
130 State Capitol
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55155<x-apple-data-detectors://1/0>

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Good Morning,

Please send me your mailing address so that I can factor in mailing costs on your invoice.

Thank you.

Yassin Omar| Executive Assistant & Policy Aide to the General Counsel
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
130 State Capitol
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Office: 651-201-3415 |Cell: 651-247-0590 | Fax: 651-797-1882

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Hello,

I have attached your invoice for the Data Practices request from the MN Governor's Office.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Cherie Yates | Senior Accounting Officer and HR Generalist
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Ste. 130
Saint Paul, MN 55155-1611
Office: 651-201-3449 |Fax: 651-797-1899 |Cell: 651-403-0310

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Thank you!

Thank you,
Cherie Yates | Senior Accounting Officer and HR Generalist
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Ste. 130
Saint Paul, MN 55155-1611
Office: 651-201-3449 |Fax: 651-797-1899 |Cell: 651-403-0310

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This request was mailed to you on Friday, March 10th.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Yassin Omar| Executive Assistant & Policy Aide to the General Counsel
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
130 State Capitol
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Office: 651-201-3415 |Cell: 651-247-0590 | Fax: 651-797-1882

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Hello,

I have sent this to our legal team.

Please let me know if you do not hear back shortly.

Thank you,
Cherie Yates | Senior Accounting Officer and HR Generalist
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Ste. 130
Saint Paul, MN 55155-1611
Office: 651-201-3449 |Fax: 651-797-1899 |Cell: 651-403-0310

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Mr. Waltman,

I mailed the second copy out this afternoon to

MuckRock
411A Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02144

If you could kindly confirm your receipt that would be great.

Best,
Sumee Lee

Sumee Lee | EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT & POLICY AIDE TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL
Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Suite 130
Saint Paul, MN 55155-1611
Office: 651-201-3415 | Cell: 651-440-5233 | Fax: 651-797-1882

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A copy of documents responsive to the request.