50 More Fun Words (2018) (Department of Homeland Security)

Emma Best filed this request with the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Multi Request 50 More Fun Words (2018)
Submitted June 11, 2019
Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required

From: Emma Best

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: 50 More Fun Words (2018) (Department of Homeland Security)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of emails sent to or from either the director's office (or equivalent) as well as their chief of staff (or equivalent) and executive director (or equivalent) containing any of the following 50 (non-case sensitive) words between 1 January 2018 and the present:

1. damn
2. damnit
3. goddamn
4. goddam
5. goddammit
6. webcomic
7. hurt
8. accuse
9. accused
10. allege
11. alleges
12. alleged
13. disgrace
14. disgraced
15. worry
16. worries
17. worried
18. lost
19. perjury
20. perjured
21. lie
22. lies
23. lied
24. 1001
25. 1621
26. game
27. marijuana
28. drug
29. activist
30. activists
31. riot
32. soda
33. reward
34. prize
35. save
36. kill
37. decimate
38. punish
39. punishment
40. penalize
41. penalized
42. shred
43. wipe
44. erase
45. delete
46. bastard
47. bitch
48. bitched
49. bitching
50. dessert

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 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

From: Department of Homeland Security

Subject: Department of Homeland Security FOIA 2019-HQFO-00846 Acknowledgment

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Good Morning,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA request.  If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486.
Regards,
DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone:  1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax:  202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)

From: Emma Best

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: 50 More Fun Words (2018) (Department of Homeland Security)

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1. You insist I specify the offices. If you read the request, I did so.
2. You insist I specify a date range. If you read the request, I did so.
3. Case law establishes that the request is not unduly burdensome. See Shapiro v. CIA, No. 14-00019, 2016 WL 1069646 (D.D.C. Mar. 17, 2016) (Cooper, J.) which specifically addresses the issue of keyword searches. Note that it also addresses the failure of agencies to specify how or why it is unduly burdensome, as you have, and that this alone is grounds for rejection of the claim. If you insist, I can provide case law specifically addresses the issue of email searches. Be advised that the eDiscovery capabilities of your systems are documented.