Chief FOIA officer's recent email (National Science Foundation)

Sai filed this request with the National Science Foundation of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2025-FOI-00020

Multi Request Chief FOIA officer's recent email
Est. Completion Nov. 20, 2024
Status
Fix Required

From: Sai

Dear National Science Foundation,

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 Science Foundation'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 Science Foundation

Dear Sai, Your Freedom ofInformation Act (FOIA) request has been received and logged as 2025-FOI-00020.  Please reference this number in all communicationsregarding this request. EffectiveSeptember 30, 2013, the National Science Foundation (NSF) instituted amulti-track system (Simple and Complex) for processing of FOIA requests. Your request has been placed in the Complex based on the amount of workand/or time needed to process the request. The estimatedresponse date to your request is 11/20/2024. Informationpertaining to the FOIA and the NSF’s policies concerning records requests isavailable on the NSF web site https://www.nsf.gov/policies/foia.jsp If you have any additional questionsabout your request, please contact foia@nsf.gov (mailto:foia@nsf.gov) Sincerely,
Arlene Marshall
Administrative Support Assistant
Office of the General Counsel
Office: 703-292-8060
Email: foia@nsf.gov U.S. N ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUND ATION
2415 Eisenhower Ave , Alexandria , A 22314, USA

  • [EXTERNAL] - Freedom of Information Act Request_ Chief FOIA officer's recent email (National Science Foundation)

From: National Science Foundation

Dear Sai Sai,
Please see the attached letter requesting clarification of your FOIA request.

Thank you for your interest in the National Science Foundation.

Spencer Christian
FOIA Officer
Office of the General Counsel
703-292-8060 Office:
U.S. N ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUND ATION
2415 E isenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA