WikiLeaks (Bureau of Land Management)
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| Tracking # |
2022-000872 2019-00750 |
| Multi Request | WikiLeaks |
| Submitted | May 20, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Emma Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I seek any and all documents in the agency's possession that pertain to the WikiLeaks website or organization from January 2006 to the present date, including but not limited to emails, memos, notes, briefings, reports and other documents related to, mentioning or generated as a result of:
* guidance and instructions for employees regarding visiting the website or otherwise reading or learning about it in the news
* internal reactions to the website's existence and disclosures
* damage reports regarding the website and its disclosures
* efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential leaks to the website
* efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential unauthorized viewing of the website or news reports analyzing it and/or its contents
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,
Emma Best
From: Bureau of Land Management
Good afternoon Ms. Best,
I hope this email finds you well. In our best efforts to get the
information you requested, please specify the region or program area in
which you would like the information to be searched. You have 10 days in
which to respond to this email or your request will be administratively
closed. I look forward to hearing back from you.
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Washington Office FOIA Coordinators
Bureau of Land Management
Phone: 202-912-7650
Fax: 202-245-0027
*BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov <BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov>*
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From: Emma Best
All programs and region areas.
Also, 10 days is ridiculous and improper. You need to give people more time than that, 30-45 business days is standard.
From: Bureau of Land Management
Good afternoon Ms. Best:
Our FOIA office received your FOIA request dated May 21, 2019. We have
assigned it control number 2019-00750. Please cite this number in any
future communications regarding your request.
In your request you asked for the following:
"I seek any and all documents in the agency's possession that pertain to
the WikiLeaks website or organization from January 2006 to the present
date, including but not limited to emails, memos, notes, briefings, reports
and other documents related to, mentioning or generated as a result of:
* guidance and instructions for employees regarding visiting the website or
otherwise reading or learning about it in the news
* internal reactions to the website's existence and disclosures
* damage reports regarding the website and its disclosures
* efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential leaks to the
website
* efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential unauthorized
viewing of the website or news reports analyzing it and/or its contents."
We have received your fee waiver request and it will be processed
accordingly. In the interim, we have classified you as an “other”
requester. As such, we may charge you for some of our search and
duplication costs, but we will not charge you for our review costs; you are
also entitled to up to 2 hours of search time and 100 pages of photocopies
(or an equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39. If, after taking
into consideration your fee category entitlements, our processing costs are
less than $50.00, we will not bill you because the cost of collection would
be greater than the fee collected. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.49(a)(1).
We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is
for requests that can be processed in one to five workdays. The
Normal track is for requests that can be processed in six to twenty
workdays. The Complex track is for requests that can be processed in
twenty-one to sixty workdays. The Exceptional/Voluminous track is
for requests requiring more than sixty workdays for processing. The
Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited
processing. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a
first-in, first-out basis.
This request falls into the *Exceptional/Voluminous *track.
If you have any questions, please contact us at BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov or
202-912-7650. Thank you for your interest in public lands and in programs
and activities of the BLM.
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Washington Office FOIA Coordinators
Bureau of Land Management
Phone: 202-912-7650
Fax: 202-245-0027
*BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov <BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov>*
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From: Emma Best
I am appealing the decision to classify me as an "all other" requester, as the attachment to the original FOIA makes clear that the facts and case law both leave no room to classify me as anything other than a news media requester, as my writing and editorial skills are well established, with hundreds of articles having been published for numerous outlets, including Gizmodo, VICE/Motherboard, MuckRock and other outlets, with some articles reaching over 100,000 readers.
From: Bureau of Land Management
Good Morning
As part of the Department of Interior's (DOI) FOIA Support Team (FST) deployed to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to assist with processing FOIA requests in BLM's HQ backlog, we have been reviewing the status of the open FOIA requests filed on or before May 22, 2019. During this process, we reviewed your open FOIA request that you filed with the BLM. (See Attached)
As background, the BLM is experiencing a backlog of FOIA requests that has impacted our ability to process this request. Please know that the BLM's management is very committed to providing responses to FOIA requests and remedying the FOIA backlog. Given the passage of time, this communication is to confirm whether you are still interested in having the request described above processed. If you are still interested in having your request processed, please notify us via email at kperry@blm.gov<mailto:kperry@blm.gov>.
If we do not receive a response from you within 30 workdays, we will presume you are no longer interested in pursuing the request and will administratively close it.
Kenneth L. Perry
FOIA Specialist
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
HQ640, External Affairs (Communications Division)
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Office/Cell: (720) 281-1649
From: Bureau of Land Management
Dear Ms. Best:
This letter is a final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated May 22, 2019. The tracking number is 2022-000872. In your letter, you asked for the following:
“From Jan 2006- May 2019: any and all documents in the agency's possession that pertain to the WikiLeaks website or organization; guidance and instructions for employees regarding visiting the website; internal reactions to the website's existence and disclosures; damage reports regarding the website and its disclosures; efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential leaks to the website; efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential unauthorized viewing.”
After a thorough search of our offices, it has been determined that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has no records responsive to your request.
Thanks,
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