Trump and the National Park Service
| Submitted | March 10, 2017 |
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Communications
From: Vanessa Nason
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
Any memos or talking points issued to or by U.S. Department of the Interior communications staff that include the following keywords or subject matter: Trump, Inauguration, Obama, crowd, Twitter;
Any staff memos or all staff emails sent that include the following keywords: Trump, Inauguration, Obama, crowd, Twitter;
Emails sent by or to National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds and Trump's communication team and anyone else from the National Park Service expected to be in communication with the Trump administration. This is in regards to reported communication between the National Park Service and Donald Trump following the inauguration (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pressured-park-service-to-back-up-his-claims-about-inauguration-crowd/2017/01/26/12a38cb8-e3fc-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.8fb407d46c28).
Please limit this request to documents generated or received between 01/19/17 and the date this request is processed.
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,
Vanessa Nason
From: National Park Service
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From: National Park Service
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From: FOIA, NPS
Ms. Nason,
Materials located during a search of our files for records responsive to
numerous requests relating to Twitter, Social Media, and Executive Office
of the President communications for the period of January 20 – 23, 2017,
have been placed in our FOIA library: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/
foia/foia-frd.htm . Additional materials that were located by the
Department of the Interior’s Office of the Secretary have been posted on
their website as well: https://www.doi.gov/foia/os/other-records.
Please let me know if the posted information does not meet your needs. If
we do not hear from you within 20 workdays we will assume you are no longer
interested in this matter and will close the file on your request.
Should you feel that there was a procedural deficiency in this response you
have the right to appeal. You may file an appeal by writing to:
Freedom of Information Act Appeals Officer
Office of the Solicitor
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
MS-6556-MIB,
Washington, D.C. 20240
foia.appeals@sol.doi.gov
Your appeal must be received no later than 90 workdays after the date of
this response. The appeal should be marked, both on the envelope and the
face of the appeal letter, with the legend "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPEAL."
Your appeal should be accompanied by a copy of your original request and
copies of all correspondence between yourself and the National Park Service
related to this request, along with any information you have which leads
you to believe our response to be in error. Note, any appeal received
after 5 p.m. EST will be considered to have been received on the next
business day.
Additionally, because the National Park Service creates and maintains law
enforcement records, we are required by the Department of Justice to
provide the following information, even though it may or may not apply to
your specific request. Congress excluded three discrete categories of law
enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the
FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV 2010). This response is limited
to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is
a standard notification that we are required to give all our requesters and
should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not,
exist.
Sincerely,
C.
____________________
Ms. Charis Wilson, PhD, CRM
NPS FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
PO Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
303-969-2959
Fax: 303-969-2557
1-855-NPS-FOIA
npsfoia@nps.gov <charis_wilson@nps.gov>
From: Vanessa Nason
Hi,
This is perfect. Thanks so much for your help with this request!
Sincerely,
Vanessa Nason
From: Vanessa Nason
One quick question, sorry-
Do you have any more communications including emails, directives, or memorandums specifically related to the NPS Twitter freeze after inauguration day?
Thanks,
Vanessa
From: FOIA, NPS
All the materials for the initial Twitter stand down response are posted on
that page. It is a file of just under 1000 pages. It is in the recently
added section and is called. Twitter & Social Media Communications -
January 20 - 23, 2017.
Sincerely,
C.
____________________
Ms. Charis Wilson, PhD, CRM
NPS FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
PO Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
303-969-2959
Fax: 303-969-2557
1-855-NPS-FOIA
npsfoia@nps.gov <charis_wilson@nps.gov>
From: Vanessa Nason
Great, thank you so much!