Chief FOIA officer's recent email (Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency)

Sai filed this request with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency of the United States of America.
Tracking #

25-00803

Multi Request Chief FOIA officer's recent email
Status
Completed

From: Sai

Dear Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency,

On behalf of myself and Fiat Fiendum, I hereby request the following records:

1. The one email in your chief FOIA officer's email inbox or equivalent which was received nearest and before October 19, 2024, midnight Eastern time, regardless of subject matter.
2. The one email in your chief FOIA officer's email spam folder or equivalent which was received nearest and before October 19, 2024, midnight Eastern time, regardless of subject matter.
3. The one email in your chief FOIA officer's sent email folder or equivalent which was sent nearest and before October 19, 2024, midnight Eastern time, regardless of subject matter.
4. The total full-time equivalent count of people who work for your FOIA office as of October 19, 2024.

This request is expressly limited to Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's own FOIA office. Please do not refer it to any other agency or division. This request is expressly not a Privacy Act request, and no PA waiver will be provided.

Please provide the email records in EML, Maildir, MBOX, MIX, MSG, or PST format only — not PDF, Word, image, etc — including all metadata (e.g. full email headers as received/sent) and attachments, without alteration other than narrowly tailored electronic redaction of specifically claimed exemptions that do not affect any part of non exempt information (and, in particular, without rasterization).

Please provide the fourth record as a statement in your response letter, or at your option, as the most readily available record, in original electronic format as currently stored on your computer systems, which includes that information.

Please provide all records either as individual files, or as an unencrypted ZIP file, uploaded to MuckRock. Do not apply any encryption, DRM, or other restriction.

I request fee waiver, because
* Fiat Fiendum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit;
* this request is for public interest, non-commercial purposes;
* these records would give a snapshot of insight into the everyday processes of FOIA offices; and
* these records are being requested in order to conduct a government-wide audit of agencies' FOIA compliance.

In the event that you deny fee waiver, please process this request as-is, because I will not agree to any fees.

Please be sure to provide:
* 5 USC 552(a)(6)(A)(i)(II) FOIA Public Liaison information
* 5 USC 552(a)(6)(A)(i)(III)(aa) appeal information
* 5 USC 552(a)(6)(A)(i)(III)(bb) OGIS information
* 5 USC 552(a)(7)(A) tracking number
* 5 USC 552(a)(7)(B)(ii) completion ETA

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,
Sai
President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.

P.S. Sai is my full legal name.

From: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Good Morning,

Please verify the email address(es) in which these [#1-3] were sent to, as this will aid in ensuring we query the correct recipient.

Very Respectfully,
DCSA FOIA HQ

From: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Good morning,

We received your request below and assigned it tracking number 25-00803. You may contact our office with any questions regarding the processing of your request.

Thank you!

From: Sai

Dear DCSA,

> Please verify the email address(es) in which these [#1-3] were sent to, as this will aid in ensuring we query the correct recipient.

I decline to do so because I do not know the information you request (which is in your sole control), and because the request was perfectly clear as stated.

Sincerely,
Sai

From: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Good morning,

This is in reference to your FOIA request for emails sent by the chief FOIA officer and the FTE count of individuals who work for our FOIA office. I will release our response using DoD SAFE (Secure Access File Exchange). Please expect to receive an email notification from DoD SAFE, which is reliant upon system/personnel availability. However, notification should take no longer than 24 hours.

Sincerely,

Melissa Velte
Government Information Specialist
Freedom of Information and Privacy Office
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
878-274-1185
melissa.l.velte.civ@mail.mil

From: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

*** DO NOT FORWARD ***

This is an automated message sent to you by the DoD SAFE service.

VELTE.MELISSA.LEE <melissa.l.velte.civ@mail.mil> has dropped off a file for you.

IF YOU TRUST THE SENDER and are expecting to receive a file from them, you may choose to retrieve the drop-off by clicking the following link (or copying and pasting it into your web browser):

https://safe.apps.mil/pickup.php?claimID=gxQEnHei6fqM4Cm7&recipCode=gjrwKN

You will be required to enter the claim passcode, which is:
HSZQEgnY9MpsUbqK

You have 7 days to retrieve the drop-off; after that the link above will expire. If you wish to contact the sender, just reply to this email.

The sender has left you a note:

This is in reference to your FOIA 25-00803. Our response is available in the hyperlink above.

Sincerely,

Melissa Velte
Government Information Specialist
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Freedom of Information and Privacy Office
1137 Branchton Road; Boyers, PA 16018
878-274-1185

Full information about the drop-off:
Claim ID: gxQEnHei6fqM4Cm7
Recipient Code: gjrwKN
Claim Passcode: HSZQEgnY9MpsUbqK
Drop-off Submitted: 2024-11-08 15:55:42 UTC
Drop-off Completed: 2024-11-08 15:55:52 UTC

-- Sender --
Name: VELTE.MELISSA.LEE
Organization: DCSA
Email Address: melissa.l.velte.civ@mail.mil

-- File --
Name: 25-00803 Sai.pdf
Size: 1137693
SHA-256 Checksum: 91A805ED3C2D1C4BD9A793134E54EDD3BF50D40BDE590885E185101754489302
Content Type: application/pdf

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