VA Scandal Emails

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

All communications to or from Secretary Eric Shinseki and Deputy Secretary Sloan D. Gibson referring to the following terms:

1. Scandal
2. Wait time
3. Obama
4. President
5. White House
6. Resign
7. Media

The time period for this request is May 1, 2014 to the present.

Request for a public-interest fee waiver

I request a waiver of any and all applicable fees pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(iii). This provision provides that requested records shall be furnished without or at reduced charge if "disclosure of the information is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester. The requested documents will be processed by a representative of the news media/press for a story for the news site The Muckraker Project (http://www.muckrakerproject.com/), made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage. Further, the requested records would unquestionably shed light on the "operations or activities of the government," namely how the top political appointees at VA responded to the VA wait time scandal.

Request for news media status

For fee purposes, The Muckraker Project also qualifies as a "representative of the news media" under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(ii)(II). The Muckraker Project is organized and operated, among other things, to publish and broadcast news. i.e., information that is about current events or that would be of current interest to the public. The Muckraker Project gleans the information that it regularly publishes from a wide variety of sources and methods, including government agencies, universities, scholarly works, and FOIA requests. The Muckraker Project also disseminates news to the public via Twitter and Facebook.

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,

Kevin Schmidt
The Muckraker Project
http://www.muckrakerproject.com/

Amy,

Could you please provide a contact email for the office to which this request was forwarded.

Thank you.

Hello,

The FOIA request copied below was forwarded to your office.

Please confirm receipt and provide an estimated completion date.

Thank you.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #14-05562-F.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.