FOIL Log
| Submitted | Oct. 2, 2017 |
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From: Luke Stoddard Nathan
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York State Freedom of Information Law (1977 N.Y. Laws ch. 933), I hereby request the following records:
- A log of all requests for agency records under the Freedom of Information Law received since January 1, 2015 or as far back as such records are kept.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Luke Stoddard Nathan
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 2, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Fraser, John (HESC)
Dear Mr. Nathan,
This is to acknowledge receipt by the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) of your FOIL request dated October 2, 2017, a copy of which request is attached below.
As you are probably aware, FOIL allows us 20 business days from the date of this acknowledgement to provide you with our response to your request.
I have already begun to collect the information you requested and I expect to have a response for you well before 20 business days from today.
HESC’s response will be provided for you as a scanned attachment to another email from me and will be provided for you at no charge.
If you have any questions in the meantime, you are welcome to contact me. I suggest a reply email to this one as the best way to reach me, but my other contact information is provided below as well if you would prefer another method of contacting me.
Sincerely,
John W. Fraser
Senior Attorney
Records Access Officer
Office of Counsel
New York State Higher Education Services Corp.
Direct Line (518) 408-3700
Counsel Reception (518) 473-1581
Office Fax (518) 486-6515
john.fraser@hesc.ny.gov
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 2, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Higher Education Services Corporation
Dear Mr. Nathan,
HESC is not yet able to have a response ready to your FOIL request dated October 2, 2017, a copy of which request is attached below.
In preparing a response for you, certain redactions have been necessary, as authorized by FOIL, relating to the names and personal records of individuals mentioned in the FOIL log whose personal information is protected by federal and/or New York State law. Due to the size of the response HESC is preparing for you, researching and confirming the identities of each of the specific individuals involved has taken longer than I originally anticipated in my initial acknowledgement of receipt of your FOIL request.
Pursuant to FOIL §89(3)(a), this is to inform you that the date certain by which HESC will have a response ready for you is Friday, November 24, 2017.
As I previously informed you, when HESC’s response is ready it will be provided for you as a scanned attachment to another email from me and will be provided for you at no charge.
Sincerely,
John W. Fraser
Senior Attorney
Records Access Officer
Office of Counsel
New York State Higher Education Services Corp.
Direct Line (518) 408-3700
Counsel Fax (518) 486-6515
john.fraser@hesc.ny.gov
From: Luke Stoddard Nathan
Thanks John I appreciate the diligence. If this is helpful to know: In the interest of expediency and perhaps conserving your sanity, with respect to this specific request (FOIL log) only, to the extent information in responsive records contains potentially sensitive information relating to students, please feel free to err on the side of redacting those details rather than going through a more rigorous, drawn-out process to assess the applicability of exemptions to each name etc., even if doing so might yield a more-redacted final product.
Again, I appreciate the diligence—and perhaps procedures are procedures—but in this particular instance I do not anticipate objecting/appealing to redactions of names and other potentially sensitive information. I am more interested in the “big picture” of the kinds of records people are requesting.
Thanks, and feel free to call if you’d like to discuss further: 518-382-3884 ext 604
From: Higher Education Services Corporation
Mr. Nathan,
Attached please find HESC's response to your FOIL request concerning HESC's FOIL log. A copy of your original request is attached below.
Since our regular scanner is not working and the attached scan isn't the best quality, I am forwarding a hard copy of this response to you through the regular mail as well. I wanted to send you this scanned copy, imperfect as it is, so you would have it sooner.
Thank you for your patience in this matter. It is appreciated.
If you have any questions you are welcome to contact me.
Sincerely,
John W. Fraser
Senior Attorney
Records Access Officer
Office of Counsel
New York State Higher Education Services Corp.
Direct Line (518) 408-3700
Counsel Fax (518) 486-6515
john.fraser@hesc.ny.gov
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From: Luke Stoddard Nathan
Thanks so much!
From: Higher Education Services Corporation
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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