FBI/DOJ FOIA consult (Albuquerque Police Department)

An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.

City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

Your first City of Albuquerque record request (request number #19-6230) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.

As the requester, you can always see the status of your
request by signing into the City of Albuquerque Public Records
portal here.

If you haven't already activated your account,
click here to get started.
Once your account is activated, your request will be visible at the following link:
Request #19-6230.

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Hello Ms. Best,
Your request has been received and entered as 19-6230. For future records requests please go to the following website to submit your request:
Abqrecords.cabq.gov

Thank you,

[COA Logo_Horizontal_CityClerk-with tag]

Stephanie Casaus

Senior Office Assistant | Office of the City Clerk
o 505.924-3650
www.cabq.gov<http://www.cabq.gov/family>

City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6230:

Hello, 

On September 17, 2019, we received your request to inspect certain records. We need additional time to respond. Although it may be sooner, it may take up to fifteen (15) calendar days to respond to your request.  Additionally, we are requesting additional information from you, because in our opinion your request lacks the required “reasonable particularity.” NMSA 1978, § 14-2-8(C). In order for my office to conduct a reasonable search, we need your assistance. Please provide additional information on, or clarification of the records you seek to inspect for the following:

Original Request:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of any emails, letters, memos or other records of consultations regarding public records requests (FOI/FOIL/FOIA etc.) with either the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency components.

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 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 attitude 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 of 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,

Emma Best

Would you please clarify what specific records you are seeking with the following:

* letters

* memos

* other records of consultations regarding public records request

For the email portion of your request, please provide the following:

* Name(s) of City Employee(s) or their email address(es)

* Key term(s) or phrase(s)

* Time frame

Thank you in advance for any additional information you can provide to assist my office in searching for the requested records.

Please be advised upon further review, we have determined your request is “excessively burdensome and broad,” and my office respectfully requests an “additional reasonable period of time” to complete the request. NMSA 1978, § 14-2-10.  We will continue to update you on our progress. Finally, we will promptly contact you as soon as those documents become available for your inspection or pick up.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Nyvia Barraza

APD IPRA Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

Office (505) 768-2137

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6230:

Hello, 

Ms. Best,

The below message was sent to you on September 20, 2019 seeking additional information and clarification of your request.  As of today we have not received a response from you with the requested clarification, please provide this information as it is necessary in order for your request to be processed.

Thank you

On September 17, 2019, we received your request to inspect certain records. We need additional time to respond. Although it may be sooner, it may take up to fifteen (15) calendar days to respond to your request.  Additionally, we are requesting additional information from you, because in our opinion your request lacks the required “reasonable particularity.” NMSA 1978, § 14-2-8(C). In order for my office to conduct a reasonable search, we need your assistance. Please provide additional information on, or clarification of the records you seek to inspect for the following:

Original Request:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of any emails, letters, memos or other records of consultations regarding public records requests (FOI/FOIL/FOIA etc.) with either the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency components.

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 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 attitude 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 of 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,

Emma Best

Would you please clarify what specific records you are seeking with the following:

* letters

* memos

* other records of consultations regarding public records request

For the email portion of your request, please provide the following:

* Name(s) of City Employee(s) or their email address(es)

* Key term(s) or phrase(s)

* Time frame

Thank you in advance for any additional information you can provide to assist my office in searching for the requested records.

Please be advised upon further review, we have determined your request is “excessively burdensome and broad,” and my office respectfully requests an “additional reasonable period of time” to complete the request. NMSA 1978, § 14-2-10.  We will continue to update you on our progress. Finally, we will promptly contact you as soon as those documents become available for your inspection or pick up.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Nyvia Barraza

APD IPRA Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

Office (505) 768-2137

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6230:

Hello, 

Ms. Best,

The below message was sent to you on September 20, 2019 and again on October 7, 2019 seeking additional information and clarification of your request.  As of today we have not received a response from you with the requested clarification.  Please provide this information as it is necessary in order for your request to be processed.

Thank you

On September 17, 2019, we received your request to inspect certain records. We need additional time to respond. Although it may be sooner, it may take up to fifteen (15) calendar days to respond to your request.  Additionally, we are requesting additional information from you, because in our opinion your request lacks the required “reasonable particularity.” NMSA 1978, § 14-2-8(C). In order for my office to conduct a reasonable search, we need your assistance. Please provide additional information on, or clarification of the records you seek to inspect for the following:

Original Request:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of any emails, letters, memos or other records of consultations regarding public records requests (FOI/FOIL/FOIA etc.) with either the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency components.

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 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 attitude 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 of 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,

Emma Best

Would you please clarify what specific records you are seeking with the following:

* letters

* memos

* other records of consultations regarding public records request

For the email portion of your request, please provide the following:

* Name(s) of City Employee(s) or their email address(es)

* Key term(s) or phrase(s)

* Time frame

Thank you in advance for any additional information you can provide to assist my office in searching for the requested records.

Please be advised upon further review, we have determined your request is “excessively burdensome and broad,” and my office respectfully requests an “additional reasonable period of time” to complete the request. NMSA 1978, § 14-2-10.  We will continue to update you on our progress. Finally, we will promptly contact you as soon as those documents become available for your inspection or pick up.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Nyvia Barraza

APD IPRA Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

Office (505) 768-2137

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6230:

Hello:

I am following up with you regarding your Inspection of Public Records Act (“IPRA”) request submitted on September 17, 2019 (identified as # 19-6230).

It appears that you no longer desire to inspect these records. If that is the case then please send my office a written communication through Next Request #19-6230 and indicate that you no longer wish to inspect these records and you also wish to have this request closed. If you are no longer interested in reviewing the public records, then we hope you are willing to extend that courtesy.

Please contact my office should you wish to set up an inspection. There is no cost to inspect the records in person. If you are unable or unwilling to inspect in person, or if you would prefer copies of the non-exempt responsive records – then under the law the City “may require advance payment of the fees before making copies of public records.” NMSA 1978, § 14-2-9(C)(5). Prior to copying and mailing the records, my office will require advance payment of the copying fees ($0.50 per page) as well as the costs associated with mailing the set of documents to you. See NMSA 1978, § 14-2-9(C)(4) (“may charge the actual costs associated with transmitting copies of public records by mail”). 

Please respond to my office within two (2) days of this communication. If you do not response to this communication within that time and if you fail to come in to inspect the records within the next two (2) days then my office will be forced to close out your request. Even though your inactions may force my office to close this request, you are always welcome to resubmit a new request in the future. We hope you understand the predicament your inactions have placed us, we only have a finite amount of time and resources and it would be a disservice to the Citizens of Albuquerque to spend it on a request where the requester has failed to response to our communications and also failed to inspect the records made available.

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Sincerely,

Nyvia Barraza

APD Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

O (505) 768-2137

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Hi there

Record request #19-6230 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

Emma Best,

My office will now close your request identified as (Request# 19-6230). My office has communicated with you on multiple occasions. You have failed to respond to our repeated communications. As a result, my office has no choice but to close out this request. You are welcome to resubmit a new request in the future. Thank you for your anticipated understanding.

This request is now closed.

Sincerely,

Nyvia Barraza

APD IPRA Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

Office (505) 768-2137

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City of Albuquerque

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #19-6230:

Emma Best,

My office will now close your request identified as (Request# 19-6230). My office has communicated with you on multiple occasions. You have failed to respond to our repeated communications. As a result, my office has no choice but to close out this request. You are welcome to resubmit a new request in the future. Thank you for your anticipated understanding.

This request is now closed.

Sincerely,

Nyvia Barraza

APD IPRA Records Custodian/IPRA Supervisor

Office (505) 768-2137

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