New Office of the Director Personnel

Dear Joe Wilkins:

This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Your request was received on January 30, 2025, and was assigned tracking number 25-OPM-0814-F. You requested the following:

-Human Resources documents, Official Personnel Folders, and basic onboarding documentation for new personnel hired or appointed by Office of Personnel Management agency head, acting agency head, or hiring authority for any role within the Office of the Director of OPM (including advisors, senior advisors, assistants and interns) from January 20, 2025 to the date this request is processed. Please provide, if possible, the following pieces of information on each employee: Name, Unique ID (if applicable), Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Job Title or Position, Organizational Unit, Mailing Address or Location, Total Compensation

-Contractor Agreements and/or Contract Statement of Work where Noah Peters acted as signatory or party

-Contractor Agreements and/or Contract Statement of Work where James Sherk acted as signatory or party

-All emails directed to, from, or copied to Acting Director Charles Ezell to/from Noah Peters and/or James Sherk and/or containing the name "Noah Peters" and/or "James Sherk" from January 20, 2025 to the date this request is processed

The FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(A)(i), requires OPM to make a determination in response to a FOIA request within 20 business days from its date of receipt. In unusual circumstances, the federal agency time limit may be extended by 10 business days as stated in 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If your request seeks numerous documents that will necessitate a wide-ranging search, including searches of multiple program offices and possible consultations with agencies that have a substantial interest in the determination of this request, OPM will invoke a 10 business-day extension for determination of your request. You have the option to narrow the scope of your request to limit the number of potentially responsive documents.

Provisions of the FOIA allow OPM to recover part of the cost of complying with your request. For purposes of fee assessment, you have been categorized as a "all other" requester. 5 C.F.R § 294.103(d). In this fee category, you are responsible for search costs incurred after the first 2 free hours and for duplication costs after the first 100 pages of records are copied free. 5 C.F.R § 294.109(b) and (c). No fee will be assessed if the total charge for fulfilling the request will be less than $25. 5 C.F.R § 294.109(d)(1).

A search will be initiated by OPM for records responsive to your request. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that a FOIA Analyst in this office will respond to your request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request.

If you have any questions regarding your request, please contact FOIA Specialist Tiffany Ford at tiffany.ford@opm.gov.

For additional information regarding OPM's FOIA program, please refer to the information available on our website at https://www.opm.gov/information-management/freedom-of-information-act/.

We appreciate the opportunity to assist you with this matter.

Sincerely,
Freedom of Information Act Requester Service Center
Office of the Executive Secretariat, Privacy, and Information Management
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Telephone: (202) 606-3642
E-mail: foia.internet@opm.gov<mailto:foia.internet@opm.gov>

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