Oregon construction (Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Northwest Mountain Region)
| Multi Request | Oregon construction |
| Submitted | April 21, 2021 |
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From: Douglas Lucas
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all records related to "MCCORMACK CONSTRUCTION CO." aka "MCCORMACK CONSTRUCTION" aka "MCCORMACK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY." The Oregon Secretary of State gives this business the registry number 6877716. It is a general contractor business with primary place of business at 422 SW 6TH ST / PENDLETON OR 97801.
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,
Douglas Lucas
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. 22, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Northwest Mountain Region
Hello
This email regards the FOIA request you submitted to the FAA on 02/22/2024, below. Based on our initial review of your "request," we have determined that you have not submitted a proper request pursuant to the FOIA and Departmental Regulations. 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(A); 49 C.F.R. § 7.24. Requests for "all emails" or "all correspondence" from a person or office, or requests for "all records pertaining to" a general topic, without confining search parameters, are not considered proper because they do not specify a time period or sufficiently defined subject matter to permit an adequate search. In this case, you have not provided a search term or keywords to use when searching for these emails.
The Freedom of Information Act requires that a requester must be reasonably specific in identifying each record sought, the FOIA provides a means for access to existing records that the requester reasonably describes. Your FOIA cannot be processed as written. Please review this link to find out what must be included in your FOIA request: https://www.faa.gov/foia/foia_request/. We will need this information by Thursday, March 14, 2024.
The legislative history of the FOIA indicates that a description of a requested record is sufficient if it enables a professional agency employee familiar with the subject area to locate the record with a reasonable amount of effort. The records you are seeking must actually belong to the agency from which you are seeking them (i.e. FAA would not be the owner of DOD records). Agencies are only required to conduct a reasonable search to locate records responsive to a FOIA request. Case law reflects that the rationale of this rule is that FOIA was not intended to reduce government agencies to full-time investigators on behalf of requesters or to allow requester to conduct fishing expeditions through agency files.
Please revise these aspects of your request and provide the information to our office by Thursday, March 14, 2024.
Thank you
Teresa Bryant
Management & Program Analyst
Office of Finance and Management
FOIA Program Office, AFN
E teresa.bryant@faa.gov<mailto:teresa.bryant@faa.gov>
From: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Northwest Mountain Region
Hello
We are still looking for clarification from you in regard to the email dated March 7, 2024. Please submit by March 21, 2024.
Thank you
Teresa Bryant
Management & Program Analyst
Office of Finance and Management
FOIA Program Office, AFN
E teresa.bryant@faa.gov<mailto:teresa.bryant@faa.gov>
From: Douglas Lucas
Here is another copy of my request, initially sent April 21, 2021.
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Fr-eedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all records related to "MCCORMACK CONSTRUCTION CO." aka "MCCORMACK CONSTRUCTION" aka "MCCORMACK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY." The Oregon Secretary of State gives this business the registry number 6877716. It is a general contractor business with primary place of business at 422 SW 6TH ST / PENDLETON OR 97801.
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,
Douglas Lucas
From: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Northwest Mountain Region
Hello
Based on our initial review of your “request,” we have determined that you have not submitted a proper request pursuant to the FOIA and Departmental Regulations. 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(A); 49 C.F.R. § 7.24. Requests for “all emails” or “all correspondence” from a person or office, or requests for “all records pertaining to” a general topic, without confining search parameters, are not considered proper because they do not specify a time period or sufficiently defined subject matter to permit an adequate search. In this case, you have not provided a search term or keywords to use when searching for this information.
Please reply to this email with a clear subject or keyword (s) to be used in the search and I will assign it immediately to the appropriate office. Please submit by March 26, 2024.
Thank you
Teresa Bryant
Management & Program Analyst
Office of Finance and Management
FOIA Program Office, AFN
E teresa.bryant@faa.gov<mailto:teresa.bryant@faa.gov>
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From: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Northwest Mountain Region
Hello
This email is to notify you that we are canceling this request. We have made multiple attempts to clarify. Although we are canceling the request, once you have more specific information you may resubmit your request via the following link: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) – Send a FOIA Request (faa.gov)<https://www.faa.gov/foia/email_foia/?region=hq>.
Thank you
Teresa Bryant
Management & Program Analyst
Office of Finance and Management
FOIA Program Office, AFN
E teresa.bryant@faa.gov<mailto:teresa.bryant@faa.gov>
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