Chief FOIA officer's recent email (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

Sai filed this request with the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States of America.
Tracking #

DOC-NIST-2025-000043

Multi Request Chief FOIA officer's recent email
Status
Completed

From: Sai

Dear National Institute of Standards and Technology,

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 Institute of Standards and Technology'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: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Good morning,

Please find information regarding your October 22, 2024, FOIA request attached.

Thank you,
Ashlee Jones
Management Analyst
Management & Organization Office
Office of the Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S. Department of Commerce
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[cid:image002.png@01DB291D.8C637400]Ashlee.Jones@NIST.gov<mailto:Ashlee.Jones@NIST.gov>

From: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Hello Sai,

Please find information regarding your October 22, 2024, FOIA attached.

Thank you,
Ashlee Jones
Management Analyst
Management & Organization Office
Office of the Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S. Department of Commerce
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[cid:image002.png@01DB310E.A7813E90]Ashlee.Jones@NIST.gov<mailto:Ashlee.Jones@NIST.gov>

From: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Hello,

Please find the final response to your October 22, 2024, FOIA request attached.

Regarding #4 of your request, the total full-time equivalent count of people who work for your FOIA office as of October 19, 2024, the answer is 10.

Thank you,
Ashlee Jones
Management Analyst
Management & Organization Office
Office of the Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S. Department of Commerce
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[cid:image002.png@01DB7D3A.19301BC0]Ashlee.Jones@NIST.gov<mailto:Ashlee.Jones@NIST.gov>