Christiansen Crazies Comms

Jimmy Tobias filed this request with the U.S. Forest Service of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2019-FS-WO-05420-F

Status
Completed

From: Jimmy Tobias


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments, sent or received by Chief Vicki Christiansen that contain one or more of the following words or phrases: "Crazy Mountains", "Crazies", "Sienkiewicz", "Langhus", "Thielman" and/or "Youngberg". This request seeks documents produced between March 1, 2018 and the date this request is processed.

I am a reporter for The Guardian.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

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,

Jimmy Tobias

From: U.S. Forest Service

Dear Mr. Tobias This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated June 11, 2019, which was received in the Washington Office (WO) FOIA Service Center on July 10, 2019 .  Y ou requested: Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments, sent or received by Chief Vicki Christiansen that contain one or more of the following words or phrases: "Crazy Mountains", "Crazies", "Sienkiewicz", "Langhus", "Thielman" and/or "Youngberg". (Date Range for Record Search: From 3/1/2018 To 7/10/2019) Please be advisedthat the WO FOIA Service Center has a backlog of pending FOIA requests andappeals.  We are diligently working to process each request and appeal inthe order in which it was received.  Your patience is greatly appreciated. To check on the status of your request, you may contact Althea Granger at 202-205-1317, or via e-mail to althea.granger@usda.gov.  Please reference your assigned case number, 2019-FS-WO-05420-F.
Thank you,

FOIA Service Center Team Forest Service

From: U.S. Forest Service

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From: U.S. Forest Service

Good Afternoon,

Your request is currently number 45 in my queue. I have received the records pertaining to your request. I cannot provide you with a timeline on when you will receive a response. Please be advised that I am doing all I can to respond to your request. However, I must work my case load on a first in first out basis.

Thank you,
Althea

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Althea Granger
Government Information Specialist (FOIA)
Forest Service
Office of Regulatory and Management Services
p: 202-401-4071
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1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 1143
Washington, DC 20250
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From: U.S. Forest Service

Good Afternoon,
Your request is currently number 42 in my queue. I have received the records pertaining to your request. I cannot provide you with an estimate on when you will receive a response.
Thank you,
Althea

From: U.S. Forest Service

Good Morning,

Your request is currently number 40 in my queue. We are required to process request on a first in first out basis. We have received responsive documents from the program area and the documents are pending review.

Thank you,

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Althea Granger
Government Information Specialist (FOIA)
Forest Service
Office of Regulatory and Management Services
p: 202-401-4071
altheagranger@fs.fed.us<mailto:altheagranger@fs.fed.us>
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 1143
Washington, DC 20250
www.fs.fed.us<http://www.fs.fed.us/>
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From: U.S. Forest Service

Good Morning,

This request has been processed and is currently under review before release.

Thank you,
Althea Granger

From: U.S. Forest Service

Good Morning Mr. Tobias,

I am the FOIA analyst who recently took over working this request and I wanted to check in to see if you were still interested in this request. Please let me know or if you have any questions.
Best Wishes,
Melissa

From: Jimmy Tobias

Hello Melissa,

Yes I am still interested thank you.

Jimmy Tobias

From: U.S. Forest Service

Thank you for reaching out. I am working on processing your request currently. I wanted to see if you would be willing to exclude new clips and news service emails? Additionally, I wanted to see you were interested in the emails that contain "Sienkiewicz", "Langhus", "Thielman" and/or "Youngberg" without any mention of "Crazy Mountains" or "Crazies"? There are some emails that include those terms but don't mention the Crazy Mountains. Or in the alternative if you are looking for the emails with those last names and not necessarily any mention of the Crazy Mountains.

If it is easier, I would be happy to set u p a time to discuss your request via phone call. Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Best Wishes,
Melissa

From: U.S. Forest Service

Good Afternoon,

I am following up on my email below. Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Best Wishes,
Melissa

From: U.S. Forest Service

Good Morning,

I am following up on my email below to see how you would like to proceed with this request. If I do not hear back from you by September 5th, I will assume you are no longer interested in this request and close it.
Best Wishes,
Melissa

From: U.S. Forest Service

Mr. Tobias -

Attached is our final response to your FOIA request along with the responsive records. We have appreciated your patience as we continue to work through a consistently large backlog of FOIA cases.

Warm regards,

[USFS]
Eileen Harke
Government Information Specialist
Forest Service
Washington Office
Office of Regulatory and Management Services
Hours: 8:00AM-4:30PM PST
Phone: 360-480-1510
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