Internal mail theft in Detroit
| Tracking # |
2024-IGFP-00767 |
| Submitted | Aug. 1, 2024 |
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From: Laura Herberg
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any record—including emails, reports, contents of hotline calls, investigation reports, internal memos, complaints submitted to the OIG or bulletins the OIG has distributed—pertaining to internal mail theft believed to be occurring in Detroit, Michigan between the dates of April 1, 2022 and August 1, 2024.
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,
Laura Herberg
From: United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General
Dear Ms. Heberg:
This acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) for records related to complaints of internal mail theft in Detroit, Michigan between April 1, 2022, and August 1, 2024.
However, we are unable to conduct a search for responsive records without all applicable ZIP codes you wish us to search against.
Once this information is received, we will create a FOIA request and begin searching for responsive records.
Due to the large volume of investigations conducted by the USPS OIG, it is the standard practice of this office to provide a spreadsheet of all investigative work which falls within the parameters of the request. This allows us to provide releasable information in a timely manner. Otherwise, the only way to establish whether an investigation is responsive to a specific request is to review each file individually.
Sincerely,
USPS OIG FOIA Team
From: Laura Herberg
Dear USPS OIG FOIA Team:
You responded to my FOIA request asking me to include all applicable ZIP codes for you to search against. I had asked for records for Detroit. I imagine that the USPS OIG is already aware of the ZIP codes that make up the City of Detroit, but per your request I am resending my original request with a list of the ZIP codes within Detroit.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any record—including emails, reports, contents of hotline calls, investigation reports, internal memos, complaints submitted to the OIG or bulletins the OIG has distributed—pertaining to internal mail theft believed to be occurring in any ZIP codes in Detroit, Michigan between the dates of April 1, 2022 and August 1, 2024.
The ZIP codes are as follows:
48201
48202
48204
48205
48206
48207
48208
48209
48210
48211
48213
48214
48215
48216
48217
48219
48221
48223
48224
48225
48226
48227
48228
48231
48232
48234
48235
48237
48238
48242
48243
48244
48255
48260
48264
48265
48266
48267
48268
48269
48272
48278
48279
48288
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.
Sincerely,
Laura Herberg
From: United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General
FOIA
shared folder 2024-IGFP-00767 Herberg, Laura Final Response with you.
FOIA wrote:
Dear Ms. Herberg:Attached please find our final response to your FOIA request. Due to the size of the file, we are sharing access via Microsoft Windows Secure Share, a cloud-based file sharing platform. Click on the “OPEN” link below and select “register via existing form” to create a user profile and password. We recommend you save this information in a secure location for future use. If you are receiving this on a shared email account, make sure all users are aware of login and password for future use. If you should forget your password, please go to https://login.ncryptedcloud.com/account/password/reset/ to reset it. You will have access to download the documents to your local drive for the next 30 days. We are unable to grant extensions beyond this timeframe. If you have questions regarding the processing of this request, please submit them in writing to foia@uspsoig.gov. We will provide you an answer within two working days. Sincerely, USPS OIG FOIA Team
Thank you,
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USPSOIG_Internal_Mail_Complaints_Detroit_MI_4-1-22_to_8-1-24_Release
From: United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General
Dear Ms. Herbert:
Please find attached our additional final response to your FOIA request.
Sincerely,
USPS OIG FOIA Team
