Chief FOIA officer's recent email (Farm Credit Administration)
| Tracking # |
FCA-25-007 |
| Multi Request | Chief FOIA officer's recent email |
| Submitted | Oct. 20, 2024 |
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Communications
From: Sai
Dear Farm Credit Administration,
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 Farm Credit Administration'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: Farm Credit Administration
Mr. Sai -
We have received your FOIA Request requesting 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.
We have assigned a tracking number FCA-25-007.
Antonya
From: Sai
Thank you for your email.
My title is not "Mr.". Please use no title for me at all if you are able to do so, or "Mx" if your system forces you to enter a title.
Sincerely,
Sai
From: Farm Credit Administration
Dear Sai,
This email is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated October 22, 2024, which we received on that same day. You requested: "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 and 4) The total full-time equivalent count of people who work for your FOIA office as of October 19, 2024." We assigned your request FOIA tracking number FCA-25-007.
Please be advised that searches are complete for FCA-25-007 and records have been located. Attached please find 3 emails responsive to your request. I have determined that all 3 emails are appropriate for release without excision. In response to your inquiry regarding full-time equivalent count of people who work for FCA's FOIA office, FCA has approximately 0.30 overall total number of "Full-Time FOIA Staff."
There are no fees associated with your request.
The FOIA Public Liaison is responsible for increasing transparency, understanding the status of requests, and resolving disputes between you and FCA. If you need assistance in any of these matters, please send an email to the FCA's FOIA Public Liaison at FOIAPublicLiaison@fca.gov<mailto:FOIAPublicLiaison@fca.gov>.
If you are not satisfied with my response to this request, you may administratively appeal the determination within 90 days from the date of this letter. If you decide to appeal, your appeal should include a copy of your original FOIA request, a copy of this response letter, as well as a summary of the reasons supporting the appeal. The envelope should be clearly marked to indicate that it contains a "FOIA Appeal" and be addressed to: Director, Office of Agency Services, Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, VA 22102-5090 or you may also submit your appeal via email to FOIAappeal@fca.gov<mailto:FOIAappeal@fca.gov>. Please note, appeals must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of the response to your request.
Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road - OGIS, College Park, Maryland, 20740-6001; email at ogis@nara.gov<mailto:ogis@nara.gov>; telephone at 202.741.5770; toll free at 1.877.684.6448; or facsimile at 202.741.5769.
For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of FOIA. See 5 U.C.S. § 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV (2010)). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist.
If you need further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please do not hesitate to contact me at FCA_FOIAOfficer@fca.gov<mailto:FCA_FOIAOfficer@fca.gov>.
Regards,
Jacqueline Baker
FOIA Officer
Farm Credit Administration
1501 Farm Credit Drive
McLean, VA 22102
office: (703) 883-4148
