Office Renovation Expenses (U.S. Department of Education)

allen n filed this request with the U.S. Department of Education of the United States of America.
Tracking #

18-01298-F

Multi Request Office Renovation Expenses
Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required

Communications

From: allen n

To Whom It May Concern:

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

- All communications of any type whatsoever regarding office renovations, furnishings, or office decoration of all agency political appointees requiring Senate confirmation.
- All documents regarding office renovations and office decorations (including itemized expenses or expense reports) of all agency political appointees requiring Senate confirmation.

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,

allen nesbitt

From: U.S. Department of Education

This is the Department's acknowledgment of your request for information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Your request was forwarded to the primary responsible office(s) for action.
Any future correspondence or questions regarding your request, please contact the FOIA Public Liaison at 202-401-8365 or
EDFOIAManager@ed.gov

  • Department of Education FOIA Acknowledgment Letter - 18-01298-F

From: U.S. Department of Education

From: U.S. Department of Education

Good Morning,

The FOIA Service Center is in receipt of your FOIA request submitted to the Department of Education. In an effort to provide you the specific records you are seeking, we are contacting you to clarify your request. Your request sought the following:

- All communications of any type whatsoever regarding office renovations, furnishings, or office decoration of all agency political appointees requiring Senate confirmation.
- All documents regarding office renovations and office decorations (including itemized expenses or expense reports) of all agency political appointees requiring Senate confirmation.

Pursuant to 5 U.S. C. § 552 of the Freedom of Information Act, the requester must describe the records sought with sufficient detail, to allow an agency employee familiar with the subject area the ability to locate the records with a reasonable amount of effort. Please provide us with a timeframe in order to move forward with the processing of this request.

We will place your request on hold for ten (10) business days, until clarification is provided. According to FOIA regulations, if we do not receive your written response clarifying the records sought within ten (10) business days from the date of this communication, we will presume you are no longer interested in pursuing your request and will consider it closed.

Thank you for your time, I look forward to hearing from you soon.

DeShawn Middleton
FOIA Service Center, OM/OCPO
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave. SW, Room 218-42
Washington, DC 20202-4510
FOIA Hotline (202) 401-8365

From: U.S. Department of Education

Good Afternoon,

Please respond to the email below regarding narrowing the scope sent on 5/1/18. If there is no response by COB 5/16/18 this, request will be administratively closed.
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    Department of Education FOIA Acknowledgment Letter - 18-01298-F

  • 04/16/2018

    20 Day Notification-18-01298-F