Chief FOIA officer's recent email (Export-Import Bank of the United States)

Sai filed this request with the Export-Import Bank of the United States of the United States of America.
Tracking #

202500040F
Multi Request Chief FOIA officer's recent email
Submitted Oct. 20, 2024
Status
Completed
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From: Sai

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Chief FOIA officer's recent email (Export-Import Bank of the United States)

Email

Dear Export-Import Bank of the United States,

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 Export-Import Bank of the United States'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: Export-Import Bank of the United States

Subject: 202500040F Status Update

Email

Dear Mr. Sai:

This e-mail is regarding your FOIA request 202500040F submitted to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). The status of your request is as follows:

We have received documents in response to your request and will begin conducting the initial review for those documents. We hope to complete the initial review by the end of next week. Once we have completed the initial review, we will submit the documents to our Legal Division to conduct their review and approval process. Therefore, we estimate we should be able to provide a response by December 13, 2024. Please note this is only an estimate.

Please let me know if you have any additional concerns regarding this matter.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Sincerely,

Lennell Jackson | FOIA Public Liaison
Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Ave. NW | Washington, DC 20571
202-565-3290 | lennell.jackson@exim.gov<mailto:lennell.jackson@exim.gov>
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From: Export-Import Bank of the United States

Subject: FOIA 202500040F Acknowledgment

Email

Dear Sai:

This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), which we received in our FOIA office via email on October 22, 2024. We have designated your inquiry as FOIA Request # 202500040F. Please include this request number on all correspondence with the FOIA office.

You requested the following information in EML, Maildir, MBOX, MIX, MSG, or PST format:

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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. The total full-time equivalent count of people who work for your FOIA office as of October 19, 2024.

We respond to request on a first-in, first-out basis and on a multi-track system. Your request has been placed on the complex track. You may wish to narrow the scope of your request to identify specific documents in order to be eligible for the faster track. To do so, please send a written request, identifying the specific documents sought, to Export-Import Bank of the United States, 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20571, ATTN: FOIA OFFICER. You may also submit a narrowed request via E-Mail at foia@exim.gov<mailto:foia@exim.gov>. The phrase "Narrowed Request" should appear on the letter and on the outside of the envelope containing the narrowed request or in the "Subject" line of the E-Mail. Please include the request number listed above on all correspondence with the FOIA office. We will notify you if your request is placed in the simple track.

EXIM intends to disclose the requested records to the fullest extent of the law. Please be assured that we are processing your request as expeditiously as possible. However, the records you seek require a search in another Office, and so your request falls within "unusual circumstances." See 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B)(i)-(iii). Because of these unusual circumstances, we need to extend the time limit to respond to your request beyond the ten additional days provided by the statute. We have not yet completed a search to determine whether there are records within the scope of your request. The time needed to process your request will necessarily depend on the complexity of our records search and the volume and complexity of any records located. In an effort to speed up your records search, you may wish to narrow the scope of your request to limit the number of potentially responsive records or agree to an alternative timeframe for processing, should records be located; or you may wish to await the completion of our records search to discuss either of these options.

Please note that we are considering your request for a fee waiver and will provide a response once a determination has been made.
If you have any questions or wish to discuss reformulation or an alternative time frame for the processing of your request, you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Ms. Lennell Jackson at (202) 565-3290. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769.

If you have any questions about this request, please feel free to contact me. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Lennell Jackson | FOIA Public Liaison
Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Ave. NW | Washington, DC 20571
202-565-3290 | lennell.jackson@exim.gov
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From: Export-Import Bank of the United States

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #202500040F

Email

Thank you so much for your inquiry. I will look into this and get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

Lennell Jackson
FOIA Public Liaison

From: Export-Import Bank of the United States

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #202500040F- Status Update 12-17-24

Email

Dear Mr. Sai:

This e-mail is regarding your FOIA request to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). The status of your request is as follows:

We have conducted the initial review and submitted the documents to our Legal Division to conduct their review and approval process. Please be advised the Legal review process is taking longer than normal, as we are having staffing issues and are now down to one lawyer. Therefore, we estimate we will be able to provide a response by December 27, 2024. Please note that this is only an estimate. We are truly sorry for the delay and any issues this may have caused.

Please let me know if you have any additional concerns regarding this matter.

We certainly understand the importance of your request and are working diligently to provide the information you have requested. Thank you for your continued patience.

Sincerely,

Lennell Jackson | FOIA Public Liaison
Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Ave. NW | Washington, DC 20571
202-565-3290 | lennell.jackson@exim.gov<mailto:lennell.jackson@exim.gov>
Twitter<https://twitter.com/EximBankUS> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/eximbankus?trk=tyah> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/EximBankofUS> | Instagram<https://linkin.bio/eximbankus> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/eximbankus/>

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From: Export-Import Bank of the United States

Subject: FOIA 202500040F Final Response

Email

Dear Mr. Sai:

This is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act Request 202500040F, from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM).

If you have any questions about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Lennell Jackson | FOIA Public Liaison
Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Ave. NW | Washington, DC 20571
202-565-3290 | lennell.jackson@exim.gov
Twitter<https://twitter.com/EximBankUS> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/eximbankus?trk=tyah> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/EximBankofUS> | Instagram<https://linkin.bio/eximbankus> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/eximbankus/>

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