Naval Atomic Weapons Vulnerability Program (DTRA)
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| Tracking # |
18-00267-KM 18-037 |
| Submitted | Jan. 18, 2018 |
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From: Paul Galante
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
A copy of the film "Naval Atomic Weapons Vulnerability Program", which can be found under the accession number 0800045. This film was declassified, with sanitization, in 1997 as part of a series of historic nuclear test films. If DTRA is no longer in possession of a declassified copy of this film, please refer this request to an agency that does; a likely candidate would be the National Technical Information Service.
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,
Paul Galante
From:
Sir,
Acknowledgment letter is attached for subject FOIA request; we apologize for the delay in forwarding the attached. The estimated completion date for this request is April 13. Please let me know if you have any questions.
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Senior FOIA Policy Analyst and DTRA FOIA Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 18, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on April 13, 2018. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #18-037.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Sir/Ma'am,
The estimated completion date (ECD) is now 3 May. We have a few simple requests ahead of yours that are currently in the queue for finalizing. We sincerely apologize for the delay. Please let me know if you have any additional questions/concerns.
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Senior FOIA Policy Analyst and DTRA FOIA Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 18, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on April 13, 2018. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #18-037.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 18, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on April 13, 2018. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #18-037.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Sir/Ma'am,
this FOIA Request is among several being readied for a legal review. As such the ECD for a response to this FOIA Request is now 22 June. Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Senior FOIA Policy Analyst and DTRA FOIA Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 18, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on April 13, 2018. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #18-037.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 18, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on April 13, 2018. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #18-037.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Sir,
We apologize for the delay. As you may know, we work requests on a "first-in, first-out" basis. I currently have 39 cases in front of yours; however, the search for responsive documents to your request appears to have been completed. As such, the ECD for a final response to your request is Friday, August 31. Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Senior FOIA Policy Analyst and DTRA FOIA Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
From:
Mr. Galante,
Our final response is attached to your FOIA request 18-037.
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Senior FOIA Policy Analyst and DTRA FOIA Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
From:
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From:
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From: Paul Galante
To Whom It May Concern:
This is an appeal of FOIA request 18-037. I am appealing the integrity of the search performed and the records received. I am particularly disappointed to find out after patiently waiting for ten months, that all your agency is willing to release is a thirty second excerpt of a previously declassified (and declassified twenty years ago, for that matter) film. A prior FOIA request filed with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) (18-00063-M) turned up a different thirty second excerpt of the film. Between your two agencies, I find it incredulous that a complete copy of the film as originally declassified in 1997 cannot be found. Please conduct a new search for the film as outlined in my initial request, and if necessary, reach out to the National Technical Information Service as they may also have a copy of the film in their holdings.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
Paul Galante
From:
A fix is required to perfect the request.
From:
Mr. Galante,
The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Department of Energy received a copy of your FOIA Appeal from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). Because this Appeal was addressed to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), via OGIS, and contests a search for records that was performed by the DTRA, OHA has no authority to process the Appeal. As a courtesy, we have forwarded the Appeal to DTRA for its review.
Regards,
Docket Section
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Email: OHA.Filings@hq.doe.gov<mailto:OHA.Filings@hq.doe.gov>
Main: 202-287-1566
From:
Mr. Galante,
Attached is the acknowledgment of your appeal for FOIA Request 18-037. Please refer to 19-A-003 when responding.
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Senior FOIA Policy Analyst and DTRA FOIA Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
From: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Good afternoon Mr. Galante,
This email is an effort to ensure DTRA provides an appropriate response to your appeal. In your appeal letter, you noted that the video you received from DOE was a thirty second excerpt of the film "Naval Atomic Weapons Vulnerability Program". However, DOE's letter to you , dated Oct 25, 2018 noted that you were provided two videos obtained from DTRA that were labeled: VTS_01_1 and VTS_01_02. Please note that the two films are actually one film (Naval Atomic Weapons Vulnerability Program), for the film labeled as VTS_01_02 is a continuation of VTS_01_1. Additionally, the video is actually over 21 minutes long, not 30 seconds. Please note that you will need to view the videos in a VLC Media Player as they were not copied as an MP4.
Should you still wish to pursue the appeal, we will continue to process accordingly. If this email clarifies any concerns you may have on whether DTRA search provided the responsive record, please let us know so that we may formally close this action. If we do no hear from you by Friday, 27 April, we will continue to process your appeal to the DTRA appellate authority. Thanks
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Chief, Privacy Officer, Senior FOIA Policy Analyst, and FOIA Public Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
From: Paul Galante
Dear Ms. Andrews,
Thank you for the clarification. Please close my appeal.
Sincerely,
Paul Galante
From: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Mr. Galante,
This email is in response to your email below to close your appeal. The attached is the DTRA's formal response to your request for closure on your FOIA request 18-00267-KM/DTRA 19-A-003. Thank you.
V/r,
Pamela Andrews
Chief, Privacy Officer, Senior FOIA Policy Analyst, and FOIA Public Liaison
Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 703-767-1792
