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| Tracking # |
NGC24-391 |
| Submitted | June 24, 2024 |
| Due | July 23, 2024 |
| Est. Completion | Dec. 10, 2028 |
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Communications
From: Matthew Topic
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Hi. Please provide me with copies of all communications you received from requesters regarding agencies' failure to respond to requests in a timely manner, all communications you sent to those agencies in response, and all further communications you had with requesters about them. If you have a database that contains this kind of information, I would be happy to discuss narrowing my request to a query of that database if you let me know more about what the database contains.
I also request all internal communications and communications with any representatives of Congress or their staffs regarding the state of FOIA compliance, whether agencies are properly resourcing and staffing their FOIA offices, and whether agencies need additional funding for FOIA compliance.
The time period for all aspects of my request is Jan 1, 2022, to the date you complete your search.
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,
Matthew Topic
From: Office of Government Information Services
Sent via Email <requests@muckrock.com>
June 26, 2024
Matthew Topic
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 165927
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request NGC24-391
Dear Mr. Topic:
Your FOIA request, dated June 24, 2024, was received by the National
Archives and Records Administration’s Operational FOIA Division on the same
date, via foia@nara.gov. We assigned your request tracking number
NGC24-391. Please provide this number in any future correspondence about
your case.
Sincerely,
Operational FOIA Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland, 20740-6001
301-837-3642
From: Office of Government Information Services
Sent via Email <requests@muckrock.com>
July 23, 2024
Matthew Topic
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 165927
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request NGC24-391
Dear Mr. Topic:
On June 24, 2024, we received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request that was assigned tracking number NGC24-391. Your request falls
within one of the “unusual circumstances” categories contemplated by the
FOIA, 5 U.S.C. §552(a)(6)(B)(iii) (I), (II) and (III), and we need
additional time to respond to your request beyond the twenty business days
provided by the FOIA statute. Specifically, we need to search for and
collect potentially responsive records from an office separate from our
office which is processing the request. To enable us to respond more
quickly to you, you may wish to reformulate your request to narrow the
scope of the request or to arrange an alternative time frame for the
processing of this request.
We regret the necessity of this delay but assure you that your request will
be processed as soon as possible. In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
§552(a)(6)(B)(i) the request will take an additional 10 working days from
the date of this letter. Please feel free to contact our office if you
have any questions. You may also contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Gary M.
Stern for assistance at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6002,
301-837-1750, ngc.foia.liaison@nara.gov.
You are also free to seek the assistance of the Office of Government
Information Services (OGIS), the Federal FOIA Ombudsman’s office that
offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters
and Federal agencies. The contact information for OGIS is noted below:
Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road–OGIS
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Email: ogis@nara.gov Website: ogis.archives.gov
Tel: 202-741-5770 or 1-877-684-6448
Sincerely,
Operational FOIA Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland, 20740-6001
301-837-3642
From: Office of Government Information Services
Sent via Email <requests@muckrock.com>
July 24, 2024
Matthew Topic
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 165927
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request NGC24-391
Dear Mr. Topic:
On June 24, 2024, we received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request that was assigned tracking number NGC24-391. Your request falls
within one of the “unusual circumstances” categories contemplated by the
FOIA, 5 U.S.C. §552(a)(6)(B)(iii) (I), (II) and (III), and we need
additional time to respond to your request beyond the twenty business days
provided by the FOIA statute. Specifically, we need to search for and
collect potentially responsive records from an office separate from our
office which is processing the request. To enable us to respond more
quickly to you, you may wish to reformulate your request to narrow the
scope of the request or to arrange an alternative time frame for the
processing of this request.
We regret the necessity of this delay but assure you that your request will
be processed as soon as possible. In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
§552(a)(6)(B)(i) the request will take an additional 10 working days from
the date of this letter. Please feel free to contact our office if you
have any questions. You may also contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Gary M.
Stern for assistance at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6002,
301-837-1750, ngc.foia.liaison@nara.gov.
You are also free to seek the assistance of the Office of Government
Information Services (OGIS), the Federal FOIA Ombudsman’s office that
offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters
and Federal agencies. The contact information for OGIS is noted below:
Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road–OGIS
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Email: ogis@nara.gov Website: ogis.archives.gov
Tel: 202-741-5770 or 1-877-684-6448
Sincerely,
Operational FOIA Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland, 20740-6001
301-837-3642
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 24, 2024. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Aug. 7, 2024. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NGC24-391.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Office of Government Information Services
Sent via Email <requests@muckrock.com>
September 10, 2024
Matthew Topic
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 165927
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
RE: Freedom of Information Act Request NGC24-391
Dear Mr. Topic:
This is in response to your email dated August 22, 2024 asking for a status
update for FOIA request NGC24-391. Currently, NGC24-391 is #613 in our
complex FOIA queue. Our estimated time to completion is 51 months from
today. This is a conservative estimate, and cases may move more quickly
through the queue. If you do not receive a response within this estimated
completion time, please contact us again for a status update.
In future correspondence, please cite tracking number NGC24-391.
Sincerely,
Operational FOIA Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland, 20740-6001
301-837-3642