Chief FOIA officer's recent email (National Endowment for the Arts)
| Tracking # |
F25-032 |
| Multi Request | Chief FOIA officer's recent email |
| Submitted | Oct. 20, 2024 |
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Communications
From: Sai
Dear National Endowment for the Arts,
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 National Endowment for the Arts'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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 22, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Dear Sai:
Thank you for your interest in the National Endowment for the Arts.
This email is to acknowledge receipt of your request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, received by this office on October 20, 2024. Your FOIA reference file number is F25-032. Your request will be processed in the order in which it was received.
Should you have any questions regarding your FOIA request, please do not hesitate to contact us or the FOIA Public Liaison at (202) 682-5418. The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), the Federal FOIA Ombudsman office, offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies. The contact information for OGIS is:
Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS
College Park, MD 20740-6001
ogis@nara.gov<mailto:ogis@nara.gov>
Respectfully,
FOIA Office | Office of the General Counsel
National Endowment for the Arts
400 7th Street SW | Washington DC 20506
(202) 682-5418 (Office)
(202) 682-5572 (Fax)
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Learn more about the arts in your community at arts.gov<https://www.arts.gov>
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Dear Sai:
Thank you for your interest in the National Endowment for the Arts.
This email responds to your request for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552, file number F25-032.
You requested the following:
* “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.”
With respect to items 1, 2, and 3 above, attached are the responsive documents in response to your FOIA request with minimal redactions. Sensitive personal data have been redacted in accordance with exemption (b)(6), which protects against “a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6). The Agency has considered the foreseeable harm standard in reviewing records and applying FOIA exemptions.
With respect to item 4 above, we kindly direct your attention to the agency’s FOIA Reports and Logs, containing information regarding FOIA personnel (in particular section IX): Agency FOIA Reports and Logs | National Endowment for the Arts<https://www.arts.gov/about/foia/agency-foia-reports-and-logs>, as well as a list of agency FOIA staff available at FOIA Contacts | National Endowment for the Arts<https://www.arts.gov/about/foia/foia-contacts>.
The National Endowment for the Arts is governed by the provisions of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 20 U.S.C. §951 et seq., and the Freedom of Information Act with respect to the release of agency records. In accordance with the NEA's FOIA regulations, 45 CFR §1148.8, you may appeal the Agency’s determination. Such an appeal must be made to the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts within ninety days after the date of this e-mail. Additional information about the appeal process can be found at FOIA| NEA<https://www.arts.gov/about/freedom-of-information-act-foia-guide>.
If you would like to discuss our response before filing an appeal in an attempt to resolve your dispute, you can contact our FOIA Public Liaison<https://www.arts.gov/foia/foia-contacts> at FOIA@arts.gov<mailto:FOIA@arts.gov> for assistance. If we are unable to resolve your FOIA dispute through our FOIA Public Liaison, the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), the Federal FOIA Ombudsman office, offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies. The contact information for OGIS is:
Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS
College Park, MD 20740-6001
ogis@nara.gov<mailto:ogis@nara.gov>
Respectfully,
FOIA Office | Office of the General Counsel
National Endowment for the Arts
400 7th Street SW | Washington DC 20506
(202) 682-5418 (Office)
(202) 682-5572 (Fax)
[NEA Logo]
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Learn more about the arts in your community at arts.gov<https://www.arts.gov>
