ODAG Communications with Outside Organizations

AFL filed this request with the Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy of the United States of America.
Tracking #

FOIA-2023-00819
Submitted March 3, 2023
Due March 31, 2023
Est. Completion April 10, 2025
Status
Awaiting Response

Communications

From: AFL

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: ODAG Communications with Outside Organizations

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

All records of communications between Lucas Guttentag and any outside organizations with .edu, .com, .org, etc., email domains. The timeframe for this request is from January 21, 2021, to the date of processing this request.

All records of communications between Margy O'Herron and any outside organizations with .edu, .com, .org, etc., email domains. The timeframe for this request is from January 21, 2021, to the date of processing this request.

News clips can be excluded.

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,

AFL

From: Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy

Subject: Your FOIA Request FOIA FOIA-2023-00819

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Attached is correspondence from the Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy, which is associated with the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Please do not reply to this e-mail, as this account is not monitored.

Thank you,
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Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice

From: Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy

Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #FOIA-2023-00819

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AFL:

Good evening, excuse the delayed response to your inquiry concerning FOIA-2023-00819. This request seeks records of communication between Lucas Guttentag or Margy O'Herron and non-governmental email domains since January 21, 2021

As this Office advised in our letter dated March 21, 2023, this request falls within “unusual circumstances” and has been assigned to the complex track, due to the need to searching outside this Office, which adds time to the search and review of this request. Based on our most-recent FOIA Annual Report data, the average processing time for a request in the complex track is 525.76 days (see: https://www.justice.gov/oip/page/file/1570256/download). This would currently place our estimated date of completion for processing this request around April 10, 2025. Please be advised, this estimation is not a definite date nor any indication that our processing will take that length of time; however, since the search is ongoing this is the time frame estimation that I am able to provide when seeking a date of completion.

Currently, we are conducting a search for emails that are potentially responsive to this request. I estimate this search to be completed in one to two months. Please be advised that estimates are subject to change, and if that occurs the requester will be advised. We conduct such email searches by utilizing an ediscovery search platform that allows for more dynamic processing of the records once they are located. That said, the backlog queue for such ediscovery searches can cause a delay in our ability to respond to you, as we are also concurrently searching for records in connection to other FOIA requests, some of which were received before this request.

Once the searching is completed, we will begin our review of potentially responsive records, and be able to provide an updated estimated date of completion, including possible interim responses.

I hope this information is helpful. Unless advised otherwise, we will continue our processing as agreed upon. Should your organization have additional questions or concerns regarding this request, please feel free to contact this Office.

Thank you,
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Valeree Villanueva
Supervisory Government Information Specialist &
FOIA Public Liaison
Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice
Main: (202) 514-3642

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