Expenditures relating to visits from federal officials (Metropolitan Police Department)
| Tracking # |
2020-FOIA-00182 |
| Multi Request | Expenditures relating to visits from federal officials |
| Submitted | Sept. 17, 2019 |
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From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the federal government between January 1, 2001 and the present.
I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
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: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Emma Best, Request Number 2020-FOIA-00182 has been assigned to the request you submitted in relation to: Request description: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the federal government between January 1, 2001 and the present.
I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
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
Upload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://accounts.muckrock.com/accounts/login/?url_auth_token=AAAVLaR50UI9LAIrJLVbEMzyFG8%3A1iHVhS%3AFKzqQWraX87SUWL87WrASapU-BI&next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.muckrock.com%2Faccounts%2Flogin%2F%3Fnext%3D%252Faccounts%252Fagency_login%252Fmetropolitan-police-department-385%252Fexpenditures-relating-to-visits-from-federal-officials-metropolitan-police-department-80492%252F%253Femail%253DFOIA.SystemAdmin%252540dc.gov In all future correspondence regarding this request, please reference request number 2020-FOIA-00182. For any questions regarding your request, please contact the FOIA office directly. Find the list of agency Open Governement and FOIA contact information by visiting FOIA Contact Information. For ease of reference, we ask that you have your FOIA Request Number available when you contact the FOIA office. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Regards,
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From: Metropolitan Police Department
Dear Ms. Best,
Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 2-532(c), we have fifteen (15) business-days,subject to the possibility of a ten (10) working-day extension to respond tothe request as of the date of receipt. Because your request falls underone and/or both of the categories listed below, we are exercising theadditional ten (10) day extension pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 2-532(d)(2) forthe following reason(s):
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S earch for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of records and/or;
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o consult with other components within and/or outside the agency. T Beadvised, if your request is for Body Worn Camera (BWC) footage, D.C. Code § 2-532(c)allows 25 business days subject to the possibility of 15working-day extension, to respond to the request as of the date ofreceipt. Regards, KimberlyRobinson FOIASpecialist Freedomof Information Act (FOIA) MetropolitanPolice Department
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 Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 17, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-FOIA-00182.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Metropolitan Police Department
Dear Emma Best,
A message has been sent to your account in the DC Government FOIA Portal. Once logged in; click on the Request Status link in the left panel, locate request #2020-FOIA-00182, and select the message to view it.
Click here to log in https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx.
Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
From:
Dear Ms. Best,
This e-mail is to advise, an audit of our records indicate you still have open Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Metropolitan Police Department's FOIA Office regarding the above listed subject FOIAs for the following:
2020-FOIA-00182 - Dated October 19, 2019
Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the federal government between January 1, 2001 and the present.
2020-FOIA-06542 - Dated July 13, 2020
Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. Documents mentioning, describing or generated in response to the BlueLeaks release, the preceding hack or subsequent fallout, including but not limited to:
* Damage assessments
* Emails
* Interagency communications (local, state, or federal)
* Communications with the press about BlueLeaks
* Communications with Twitter or other social media or sharing platforms
2. Documents mentioning or describing Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets)
2021-FOIA-07646- Dated August 26, 2021
Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records regarding the potential for violence, unrest, criminal activities or other disturbances associated with protests or other activities on either January 5 or January 6, 2021 at local, regional or national events. This request includes but is not limited to inter-departmental communications, situational reports, bulletins and other documents.
We do regret any oversights and the delay, however, this is due to our office experiencing a continued backlog, along with personnel changes. In order to update our records, please advise of your continued interest in pursuing this request. If you determine that you are no longer interested, please advise this office within five (5) business days from the date of this e-mail so that we may note our records accordingly. If we do not hear from you within the time frame allotted, we will presume that you are no longer interested in pursuing your request and consider this a constructive withdrawal and close our file.
Regards,
Lisa Archie-Mills
Supervisory FOIA Specialist
Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA)
300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 4153
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721
lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov<mailto:lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov>
"Excellence is Transferable."
From:
Dear Ms. Best,
This e-mail is to advise, an audit of our records indicate you still have open Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Metropolitan Police Department's FOIA Office regarding the above listed subject FOIAs for the following:
2020-FOIA-00182 - Dated October 19, 2019
Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the federal government between January 1, 2001 and the present.
2020-FOIA-06542 - Dated July 13, 2020
Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. Documents mentioning, describing or generated in response to the BlueLeaks release, the preceding hack or subsequent fallout, including but not limited to:
* Damage assessments
* Emails
* Interagency communications (local, state, or federal)
* Communications with the press about BlueLeaks
* Communications with Twitter or other social media or sharing platforms
2. Documents mentioning or describing Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets)
2021-FOIA-07646- Dated August 26, 2021
Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records regarding the potential for violence, unrest, criminal activities or other disturbances associated with protests or other activities on either January 5 or January 6, 2021 at local, regional or national events. This request includes but is not limited to inter-departmental communications, situational reports, bulletins and other documents.
We do regret any oversights and the delay, however, this is due to our office experiencing a continued backlog, along with personnel changes. In order to update our records, please advise of your continued interest in pursuing this request. If you determine that you are no longer interested, please advise this office within five (5) business days from the date of this e-mail so that we may note our records accordingly. If we do not hear from you within the time frame allotted, we will presume that you are no longer interested in pursuing your request and consider this a constructive withdrawal and close our file.
Regards,
Lisa Archie-Mills
Supervisory FOIA Specialist
Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA)
300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 4153
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721
lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov<mailto:lisa.archie-mills@dc.gov>
"Excellence is Transferable."
From:
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Emma Best, The status for your request is below. Please log into https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx and go to Request Status. If you have any questions regarding the status of your request, please contact the agency's FOIA office that you had submitted your FOIA request to. You can communicate directly with the FOIA office by clicking on Inbox, search the request number, and then click Compose Message. OR, visit to see a list DC Government FOIA Office’s/officer’s contact information and have your Request ID ready. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Contact FOIA Office Request status: Closed Request ID: 2020-FOIA-00182 Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the federal government between January 1, 2001 and the present.I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.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 BestUpload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://accounts.muckrock.com/accounts/login/?url_auth_token=AAAVLaR50UI9LAIrJLVbEMzyFG8%3A1iHVhS%3AFKzqQWraX87SUWL87WrASapU-BI&next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.muckrock.com%2Faccounts%2Flogin%2F%3Fnext%3D%252Faccounts%252Fagency_login%252Fmetropolitan-police-department-385%252Fexpenditures-relating-to-visits-from-federal-officials-metropolitan-police-department-80492%252F%253Femail%253DFOIA.SystemAdmin%252540dc.gov Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
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