AG Vaping
| Submitted | Feb. 10, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Alex Norcia
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
emails, letters, or other documents that were communications from or to the Office of the Attorney General - Connecticut or any of its employees after January 1, 2019, mentioning (i) "vapor, vaping, or e-cigarettes," (ii) "Matthew Myers," "iii. Michael Bloomberg," and (iv) "Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, or CTFK."
I also request that, if possible and pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 1-212(d), fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest and not made for commercial gain. The requested documents will be processed by a representative of the news media/press and made available to the public at MuckRock.com.
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 4 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Alex Norcia
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on . Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Office of the Attorney General - Connecticut
Mr. Norcia,
Attached please find this Office's initial response to your recent Freedom of Information request. As stated, given the magnitude of this request, our search and review process will take several months. If you would like to narrow this request in any way, please let me know.
Thank you.
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Antoria D. Howard
Assistant Deputy Attorney General for Administration and Management
Office of the Attorney General
165 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06106
Office: +1 860-808-5316 | Fax: +1 860-808-5387 | URL: https://ct.gov/ag/
Confidential Information: The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and protected from general disclosure. If the recipient or the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or person responsible to receive this e-mail, you are requested to delete this e-mail immediately and do not disseminate or distribute or copy. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately by replying to the message so that we can take appropriate action immediately and see to it that this mistake is rectified.
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on . Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Office of the Attorney General - Connecticut
As stated in the initial response, this is a huge request and our search and review process will take several months to complete.
Thank you.
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Antoria Howard
Assistant Deputy Attorney General for Administration and Management
Office of the Attorney General
165 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06106
Office: +1 860-808-5316 | Fax: +1 860-808-5387 | URL: https://ct.gov/ag/
Confidential Information: The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and protected from general disclosure. If the recipient or the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or person responsible to receive this e-mail, you are requested to delete this e-mail immediately and do not disseminate or distribute or copy. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately by replying to the message so that we can take appropriate action immediately and see to it that this mistake is rectified.
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on . Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Office of the Attorney General - Connecticut
Dear Madam or Sir:
I am respectfully requesting the Requestor to contact me via phone at 860-808-5318 to discuss the 2/10/21 FOIA request filed with the CT Attorney General's Office. I am seeking further clarification.
Sincerely,
Bob Shea
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Robert Shea
Assistant Attorney General / E-Discovery
Office of the Attorney General
165 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06106
Office: +1 860-808-5318 | Fax: +1 860-808-5387 | URL: https://ct.gov/ag/
Confidential Information: The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and protected from general disclosure. If the recipient or the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or person responsible to receive this e-mail, you are requested to delete this e-mail immediately and do not disseminate or distribute or copy. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately by replying to the message so that we can take appropriate action immediately and see to it that this mistake is rectified.
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From: Office of the Attorney General - Connecticut
Regarding my note below, the Requestor's name is Alex Norcia.
Thank you,
Bob Shea
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From: Office of the Attorney General - Connecticut
TO: Mr. Alex Norcia c/o Muckrock.com requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
FROM: AAG Robert Shea - Connecticut
Dear Alex:
Regarding your FOIA request emailed to us on February 10, 2021, I attempted to contact you in March via the email address listed on your request to attempt to obtain clarification of the terms of your request relating to e-cigarettes and vaping communications.
Although I did not hear back from you, we did perform a search through our files for records that I surmised that you may be seeking. Our search identified 1,597 records (many of which could included multiple attachments), that have a data size of about 1.69 GB. This is a very large volume of records.
Some of these records may be exempt from disclosure under or FOIA laws and our common law privileges; but that being said, there still could be a huge volume of documents that you may not want to or need to review. It will also require tremendous resources on our end to review the documents for exemptions and privileges.
A very good option, again, would be for you to contact me so that we can discuss the specific (non-exempt) records that we can provide to you.
You can call or email me anytime. 860-808-5203.
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Robert Shea
Assistant Attorney General / E-Discovery
Office of the Attorney General
165 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06106
Office: +1 860-808-5318 | Fax: +1 860-808-5387 | URL: https://ct.gov/ag/
Confidential Information: The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and protected from general disclosure. If the recipient or the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or person responsible to receive this e-mail, you are requested to delete this e-mail immediately and do not disseminate or distribute or copy. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately by replying to the message so that we can take appropriate action immediately and see to it that this mistake is rectified.
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