OPM - Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women (Export-Import Bank of the United States)
| Tracking # |
202500081F |
| Multi Request | OPM - Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women |
| Submitted | Feb. 7, 2025 |
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From: Russel Neiss
To Whom It May Concern:
By way of background:
On January 29, 2025, Charles Ezell, Acting Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, sent a memo to all Heads and Acting Heads of Departments and Agencies entitled "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women." Amongst other things, the memo instructed all Heads and Acting Heads of Departments and Agencies to prepare two reports to be sent to defendingwomen@opm.gov by February 7, 2025 at 12:00pm Eastern.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. A copy of the complete list of actions taken in response to OPM's January 29, 2025 memo entitled: "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending
Women" and the President's Executive Order entitled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government "
2. A copy of any agency plans to fully comply with OPM's January 29, 2025 memo entitled: "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending
Women" and the President's Executive Order entitled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government "
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,
Russel Neiss
From: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Dear Mr. Neiss:
This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), which we received in our FOIA office via email on February 10, 2025. We have designated your inquiry as FOIA Request # 202500081F. Please include this request number on all correspondence with the FOIA office.
You requested the following information:
1. A copy of the complete list of actions taken in response to OPM's January 29, 2025, memo entitled: "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump's Executive Order Defending Women" and the President's Executive Order entitled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. "
1. A copy of any agency plans to fully comply with OPM's January 29, 2025, memo entitled: "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump's Executive Order Defending Women" and the President's Executive Order entitled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. "
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If you have any questions about this request, please feel free to contact me. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Lennell Jackson | FOIA Public Liaison
Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Ave. NW | Washington, DC 20571
202-565-3290 | lennell.jackson@exim.gov
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 10, 2025. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #202500081F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Dear Mr. Neiss:
This e-mail is regarding your FOIA request to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM).
Please be advised, on February 18, 2025, our FOIA database experienced an outage. The outage affected our ability to access the system and deleted requests that were already in the system. We estimate we have lost requests submitted since November 2024. As of March 19, 2025, the system is partially available, and we are now able to proceed with accepting new requests and assigning accurate FOIA numbers for any requests received from February 14, 2025, through March 21, 2025. We are working with our vendor’s technical team to resolve any remaining issues and restore any deleted information as soon as possible. Please know we certainly understand the importance of your request and are working diligently to provide the information you have requested, but due to the outage it may take longer for us to provide our response.
The status of your request is as follows:
We have conducted the initial review and have submitted the documents to our Legal Division for review. Therefore, we estimate we will be able to provide a response within three weeks. Please note this is only an estimate.
We certainly understand the importance of your request and are working diligently to provide the information you have requested. Thank you for your continued patience.
Please let me know if you have any additional concerns regarding this matter. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Lennell Jackson | FOIA Public Liaison
Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Ave, NW | Washington, DC 20571
lennell.jackson@exim.gov<mailto:lennell.jackson@exim.gov> | 202-565-3290
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From: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Dear Mr. Neiss:
This is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act Request 202500081F, from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM).
If you have any questions about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Lennell Jackson | FOIA Public Liaison
Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Ave, NW | Washington, DC 20571
lennell.jackson@exim.gov<mailto:lennell.jackson@exim.gov> | 202-565-3290
[EXIM 2025 Annual Conference Banner]<http://exim.gov/ac25reg>
