Law Enforcement Presence at White House
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| Tracking # |
2023-FOIA-03537 |
| Submitted | Feb. 17, 2023 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Nicholas Burkhead
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records either and mentioning and or naming and or declaring and or recording and or reporting and or indicating the presence of federal and or local law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House on or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington DC on or about 10:52 PM local time on March 31st 1977.
I believe responsive records or relevant records were created by each of the U.S Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Protective Service, the White House Press Office, the Washington District of Columbia Municipal Police Department, several newspaper agencies, a few foreign governments, and surprisingly also the Central Intelligence Agency despite their charter not being very supportive of domestic activity.
I would thus also ask you to make any appropriate interagency or intergovernmental referral and or coordination in processing of my request even if it may result in a remarkably slower processing time.
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 15 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Burkhead
From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Nicholas Burkhead, 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: Assigned for Processing Request ID: 2023-FOIA-03537 Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:Records either and mentioning and or naming and or declaring and or recording and or reporting and or indicating the presence of federal and or local law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House on or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington DC on or about 10:52 PM local time on March 31st 1977.I believe responsive records or relevant records were created by each of the U.S Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Protective Service, the White House Press Office, the Washington District of Columbia Municipal Police Department, several newspaper agencies, a few foreign governments, and surprisingly also the Central Intelligence Agency despite their charter not being very supportive of domestic activity.I would thus also ask you to make any appropriate interagency or intergovernmental referral and or coordination in processing of my request even if it may result in a remarkably slower processing time.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 15 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Nicholas BurkheadUpload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
From: Metropolitan Police Department
Dear Mr. Burkhead, This e-mail is toacknowledge receipt of your FOIA request assigned: 2023-FOIA-03537.Your assigned FOIA Specialist is: RobertEckert enley. If you have any questions regarding your request, please contact yourassigned FOIA Specialist who is included in this e-mail. Be advised, ouroffice has a hybrid onsite/remote work schedule. Therefore, if you areunable to reach your specialist when calling our office, please make contactvia e-mail. For ease of reference, we ask that you have your FOIA RequestNumber available when you contact our office. Once the requested documents arereceived, please be advised of the following notations below: RESPONSE TIME Pu rsuant to D.C. Official Code §2-532(c), there is a 15 business day statutory allotted time, subject tothe possibility of a ten (10) business day extension from the date of receiptto respond to a FOIA request. If your request is for Body Worn Camera (BWC) footage, there is a25 business day statutory allotted time, subject to the possibility of 15working-day extension from the date of receipt to respond to a Body Worn Camera (BWC) request. REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED SERVICE If you seek expedited service relating to your FOIA request,please be advised, there is no provision or authority under the District ofColumbia Freedom of Information Act laws, to provide expedited service. Therefore, your request will be processed under the provision of the D.C.Official Code §§ 2-531 et seq. Regards, Latrina Crumlin Staff Assistant 300 Indiana Ave NW RM 4153 Washington, DC 20001
From: Metropolitan Police Department
February 21, 2023
Nicholas Burkhead
c/o
Muck Rock News, DEPT MR######
263 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
RE: FOIA Request No.: 2023-FOIA-03537
Dear Mr. Burkhead:
This concerns your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for "...reporting and or indicating the presence of federal and or local law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House on or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington DC on or about 10:52 PM local time on March 31st 1977. I believe responsive records or relevant records were created by each of the U.S Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Protective Service, the White House Press Office, the Washington District of Columbia Municipal Police Department, several newspaper agencies, a few foreign governments, and surprisingly also the Central Intelligence Agency despite their charter not being very supportive of domestic activity. "
Upon review, this is not a "perfected" request, as the description of this request has been determined to be inadequate. The description provided does not provide enough information to allow the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to perform a reasonable and adequate search for specific documents.
A FOIA request must reasonably describe records sought such that agency staff familiar with the records may reasonably ascertain exactly which records are being requested, and to locate them. The courts have recognized that the legislative history of the FOIA indicates that a description of a requested record is sufficient if it enables a professional agency employee familiar with the subject area to locate the record with a "reasonable amount of effort." The courts have also found that requests that are so broad and sweeping that they lack specificity are not reasonably described, that the FOIA was not intended to reduce government agencies to be investigators or to perform research on behalf of requesters, and that the FOIA does not require agencies to conduct "unreasonably burdensome" searches for records.
Please provide clarification such that allows this agency to do a reasonable search for specific records. If adequate clarification is not received (Robert.eckert@dc.gov<mailto:Robert.eckert@dc.gov>) within five (5) working days, the FOIA Office customarily deems such nonresponse to mean that a requester is no longer interested a request, and closes the file as having been withdrawn.
Sincerely,
Bob Eckert
FOIA Specialist
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office
Metropolitan Police Department
District of Columbia
Robert.eckert@dc.gov<mailto:Robert.eckert@dc.gov>
"Excellence is transferable."
From: Metropolitan Police Department
February 21, 2023
Nicholas Burkhead
c/o
Muck Rock News, DEPT MR######
263 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
RE: FOIA Request No.: 2023-FOIA-03537
Dear Mr. Burkhead:
This concerns your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for "...reporting and or indicating the presence of federal and or local law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House on or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington DC on or about 10:52 PM local time on March 31st 1977. I believe responsive records or relevant records were created by each of the U.S Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Protective Service, the White House Press Office, the Washington District of Columbia Municipal Police Department, several newspaper agencies, a few foreign governments, and surprisingly also the Central Intelligence Agency despite their charter not being very supportive of domestic activity. "
Upon review, this is not a "perfected" request, as the description of this request has been determined to be inadequate. The description provided does not provide enough information to allow the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to perform a reasonable and adequate search for specific documents.
A FOIA request must reasonably describe records sought such that agency staff familiar with the records may reasonably ascertain exactly which records are being requested, and to locate them. The courts have recognized that the legislative history of the FOIA indicates that a description of a requested record is sufficient if it enables a professional agency employee familiar with the subject area to locate the record with a "reasonable amount of effort." The courts have also found that requests that are so broad and sweeping that they lack specificity are not reasonably described, that the FOIA was not intended to reduce government agencies to be investigators or to perform research on behalf of requesters, and that the FOIA does not require agencies to conduct "unreasonably burdensome" searches for records.
Please provide clarification such that allows this agency to do a reasonable search for specific records. If adequate clarification is not received (Robert.eckert@dc.gov<mailto:Robert.eckert@dc.gov>) within five (5) working days, the FOIA Office customarily deems such nonresponse to mean that a requester is no longer interested a request, and closes the file as having been withdrawn.
Sincerely,
Bob Eckert
FOIA Specialist
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office
Metropolitan Police Department
District of Columbia
Robert.eckert@dc.gov<mailto:Robert.eckert@dc.gov>
"Excellence is transferable."
From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Nicholas Burkhead, 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: On Hold - Need Info/Clarification Request ID: 2023-FOIA-03537 Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:Records either and mentioning and or naming and or declaring and or recording and or reporting and or indicating the presence of federal and or local law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House on or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington DC on or about 10:52 PM local time on March 31st 1977.I believe responsive records or relevant records were created by each of the U.S Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Protective Service, the White House Press Office, the Washington District of Columbia Municipal Police Department, several newspaper agencies, a few foreign governments, and surprisingly also the Central Intelligence Agency despite their charter not being very supportive of domestic activity.I would thus also ask you to make any appropriate interagency or intergovernmental referral and or coordination in processing of my request even if it may result in a remarkably slower processing time.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 15 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Nicholas BurkheadUpload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
From: Metropolitan Police Department
March 1, 2023
Nicholas Burkhead
c/o
Muck Rock News, DEPT MR######
263 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
RE: FOIA Request No.: 2023-FOIA-03537
Dear Mr. Burkhead:
As communicated below, there is not enough information provided in the description of this request to perform a reasonable and adequate search for responsive records. Further, clarification has not been provided within the requested time period.
Therefore, this request is deemed to have been withdrawn, and the file on the request is closed. You may submit a new request for records when you have the needed clarification/information.
Sincerely,
Bob Eckert
FOIA Specialist
MPD FOIA Office
Robert.eckert@dc.gov<mailto:Robert.eckert@dc.gov>
"Excellence is transferable"
From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Nicholas Burkhead, 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: 2023-FOIA-03537 Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:Records either and mentioning and or naming and or declaring and or recording and or reporting and or indicating the presence of federal and or local law enforcement on the north lawn of the White House on or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington DC on or about 10:52 PM local time on March 31st 1977.I believe responsive records or relevant records were created by each of the U.S Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Protective Service, the White House Press Office, the Washington District of Columbia Municipal Police Department, several newspaper agencies, a few foreign governments, and surprisingly also the Central Intelligence Agency despite their charter not being very supportive of domestic activity.I would thus also ask you to make any appropriate interagency or intergovernmental referral and or coordination in processing of my request even if it may result in a remarkably slower processing time.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 15 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Nicholas BurkheadUpload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
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