1033 Program Compliance Reviews (Department of Central Management Services)

Mr. Welch:

Thank you for this request, which we will log and process. Please refer future FOIA requests to our new FOIA Officer, Kelly Weston, who is cc’ed on this message. Kelly, please see below. Thanks.

Matthew M. Sebek
Senior Counsel, Illinois Department of Central Management Services
720 Stratton Office Building, 401 South Spring Street
Springfield, Illinois 62706
matthew.sebek@illinois.gov<mailto:matthew.sebek@illinois.gov>
(217) 782-0975 (direct)

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail (and attachments) contains information that belongs to the sender and may be confidential or protected by attorney-client or attorney work product privilege, or subject to withholding/redaction under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/1, et seq.). The information is only for the intended recipient. If you are not the named or intended recipient, please do not disclose, copy, distribute, or use this information. If you have received this transmission in error, please promptly notify the sender of receipt of the e-mail and then destroy all copies of it. Receipt by unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege or attorney work product privilege or any other exemption from disclosure. Thank you.

Mr. Welch:

This email responds to your Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request to the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (“CMS”) below, received by CMS on August 2, 2016, and in which you requested:

“Documents included in state Program Compliance Reviews for excess DOD personal property, typically including:

"(a) A review of each selected LEAs LESO Program Files.

(b) A review of the signed State Plan of Operation.

(c) A review of the LEA application and screener(s) letter.

(d) A physical inventory and/or approved custody card verification of LESO Program property at each selected LEA.

(e) A review of property accountability procedures to include the following criteria;
(1) The proper security and storage of assets. (Secure controlled area with limited access).
(2) Asset tracking and sign out procedures in place for LESO assets.
(3) Prior approval of any transfer of high visibility assets.
(4) Reporting of all lost, missing or stolen assets.
(5) Identification of all unused property

(f) A specific review of each selected LEAs files for the following: DD Form 1348-1A for each item currently on inventory, weapons documentation, transfer documents, turn-in documents, inventory adjustment documents, exception to policy letters (if any), approved cannibalization requests (if any) and other pertinent documentation as required."
-- (from "State Plan of Operation Between The State of Connecticut and the Connecticut Law Enforcement Agencies," Section VI - 'Program Compliance Reviews', § A)”
Based on an initial review, CMS has determined that your request would require the manual review and redaction of thousands of pages of potentially responsive material and, thus, as drafted, attempting to comply with this request would be unduly burdensome, as that phrase is used in section 3(g) of FOIA (5 ILCS 140/3(g)). We invite you to reduce the scope of your request to more manageable proportions by, at a minimum: (1) providing a timeframe for any requested records, specifically a period not exceeding two years, and (2) providing as much detail as possible as to the categories of records in which you seek.

To the extent that you consider this to be a denial of your FOIA request, you have the right to submit a request for review to the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General to:

Public Access Counselor
Office of the Attorney General
500 South 2nd Street
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Fax: 217-782-1396
E-Mail: publicaccess@atg.state.il.us<mailto:publicaccess@atg.state.il.us>

Any request for review to the PAC must be submitted within 60 days after the date of this letter. A request for review must be in writing, signed by you, and include a copy of your FOIA request and this response. 5 ILCS 140/9.5(a). You also have the right to seek judicial review of this response. 5 ILCS 140.11(a),(b).

Thank you.

Kelly M. Weston
Support Counsel and FOIA Officer
Illinois Department of Central Management Services
720 Stratton Building, 401 South Spring Street
Springfield, Illinois 62706
kelly.weston@illinois.gov<mailto:kelly.weston@illinois.gov>
O: (217) 524-7518

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail (and attachments) contains information that belongs to the sender and may be confidential or protected by attorney-client or attorney work product privilege, or subject to withholding/redaction under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/1, et seq.). The information is only for the intended recipient. If you are not the named or intended recipient, please do not disclose, copy, distribute, or use this information. If you have received this transmission in error, please promptly notify the sender of receipt of the e-mail and then destroy all copies of it. Receipt by unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege or attorney work product privilege or any other exemption from disclosure. Thank you.

Mr. Welch:

Please specify the two years for which you seek this information.
Thanks,

Kelly M. Weston
Support Counsel and FOIA Officer
Illinois Department of Central Management Services
720 Stratton Building, 401 South Spring Street
Springfield, Illinois 62706
kelly.weston@illinois.gov<mailto:kelly.weston@illinois.gov>
O: (217) 524-7518

I do not work in our Bureau of Agency Services and have no role in the administration of the LESO program, so I cannot answer your questions regarding the program. If you want to make a follow up request, as indicated below, please be as specific as possible. For example, would you like a copy of the most recent Program Compliance Review, or are you seeking any reviews done within a certain two-year time period?

Kelly M. Weston
Support Counsel and FOIA Officer
Illinois Department of Central Management Services
720 Stratton Building, 401 South Spring Street
Springfield, Illinois 62706
kelly.weston@illinois.gov<mailto:kelly.weston@illinois.gov>
O: (217) 524-7518