FOIA Request: Dormady & COVID

e filed this request with the Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation of Montana.
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From: e

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Metadata of all emails which are sent to, from, including being CCed or BCCed by Anne Dormady from January 1, 2020 to April 19, 2023 including one of the following keywords, "COVID Relief", "COVID Grant" or "COVID Funds".

The specific metadata data points I'm interested in are: to address(es), from address, cc address(es), bcc address(es), sent date/time, received date/time, subject line, and if the email has an attachment. This request does not seek the contents of the emails themselves, and only the specified email metadata. Please provide me with the records in an Excel format.

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 10 business days.

Sincerely,

e

From: Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation

Under Montana law, a public agency may charge a fee for fulfilling public information requests, which may include the time required to gather public information and require the requesting person to pay the estimated fee before identifying and gathering the information. We estimate the actual time-cost to search for/identify records responsive to your request to be $197.67. Please note that Montana law does not require a public agency to alter or customize public information to provide it in a form specified to meet the needs of the requesting person, so documents provided will be emails showing the publicly releasable information requested in a PDF format.

If you would also like us to proceed with this request, please send a check made out to the Montana Department of Justice for the above amount to:

Office of the Attorney General
215 N Sanders St.
Helena, MT 59601

From: e

Thank you.

Can I get an itemized invoice, please?

From: Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation

We do not create invoices.

From: e

May I amend my request?

From: Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation

Yes

From: e

May I amend my request to the following?

To Whom It May Concern:

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

All emails which are sent to, from, including being CCed or BCCed by Anne Dormady from June 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021 including one of the following keywords, "COVID Relief", "COVID Grant" or "COVID Funds". Please include all email attachments.

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 10 business days.

From: Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation

Yes. The estimate will not change, however. If you would like us to proceed, please send a check following the previous instructions.

From: e

Thank you.

Then I would like to keep my original request and I will pay the fee now:

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Metadata of all emails which are sent to, from, including being CCed or BCCed by Anne Dormady from January 1, 2020 to April 19, 2023 including one of the following keywords, "COVID Relief", "COVID Grant" or "COVID Funds".

The specific metadata data points I'm interested in are: to address(es), from address, cc address(es), bcc address(es), sent date/time, received date/time, subject line, and if the email has an attachment. This request does not seek the contents of the emails themselves, and only the specified email metadata. Please provide me with the records in an Excel format.

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 10 business days.

From: Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation

The requested files are available at this link: https://secureshare.doj.mt.gov/link/RlMldQRu6noq1Bx9rCUD7y

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