Midwest Biological Research Foundation (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

Good afternoon Ms. Brewer;

FOIA Service acknowledges receipt of your FOIA/PA request dated November 1, 2018,
seeking all medical records & any other correspondence containing your name (including
differentially privatized information & waivers of informed consent authorizations that
are associated with the Midwest Biological Research Foundation.

The records you are seeking are not maintained in this office. A copy of our
acknowledgement letter is attached which provides you with the referring office contact
information.

This concludes FOIA Service’s response to your request.

Joan L. Haynesworth (Contractor)
FOIA Service Unit
vacofoiaservice@va.gov<mailto:vacofoiaservice@va.gov>
FOIA Service hotline: 1-877-750-3642

A fix is required to perfect the request.

Ms. Brewer,

I've investigated this and would like to set a meeting with you to discuss. Please let me know when you are available.

Thank you,

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Michael Sarich, VHA FOIA Director
VHA Central Office FOIA Office
Health Information Governance (HIG) (105HIG)
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Office: 202-461-5329
Fax: 202-495-5087
Email: michael.sarich@va.gov<mailto:michael.sarich@va.gov>

Good Morning,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), received on May 22, 2023. You are seeking the following:

* Any and all records of clinical, preclinical or other kinds of medical research or intervention conducted, in which Rebecca Lynn Brewer was a subject of study or intervention. Please include any research or intervention in which Rebecca's right to informed consent was waived.

We have contacted the VA St. Louis Health Care System, and was advised that your request falls under their purview. Therefore, your request is being referred to the STL office for processing and direct response to you. Their contact information is below:

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Additionally, please note, whether submitting the request by letter, fax, or email, the following applies: If the requester is seeking records about himself or herself or to which a confidentiality statute applies (38 U.S.C. 5701<https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/38/5701>, e.g.), the requester must comply with the verification of identity requirements set forth in § 1.577 of this part<https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/part-1/section-1.577> .

This concludes the VACO FOIA Office response. We appreciate your interest in the VA.

Thank you,

VA FOIA Service
Compliance, Risk and Remediation (CRR)
Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)
Washington, DC 20240
Department of Veteran Affairs
E-Fax: 202-632-7581
FOIA Hotline: 877-750-3642
Vacofoiase@va.gov<mailto:Vacofoiase@va.gov>

"Good afternoon Ms. Brewer:

Please find attached a no record response letter for FOIA request 23-2108-FP, the Eastern Kansas VA Health Care System performed a search for the responsive records and were unable to locate any research records pertaining to you or your care. Please reach out should you have questions/concerns. Thank you in advance.

Jane DeSpiegelaere, RHIA

VISN 15 Government Information Specialist"

Hello Ms. Brewer,

We received your fax. Upon review of your case, it seems that you did not receive the initial agency decision letter. Please see it attached here.

Thank you,
VHA FOIA Office
Office of Health Informatics (105HIG)
VHA Central Office FOIA Office