18 U.S.C. § 2258A notifications (Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General)

This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOJ-2020-000494&type=request)

* Tracking Number: DOJ-2020-000494
* Requester Name: Joseph Uchill
* Date Submitted: 10/28/2019
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
foia request

Attached is correspondence from the Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy, which is associated with the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

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Thank you,
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Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice

202-514-3642 (Main Line)
202-514-1009 (Fax)

Joseph Uchill:

Good evening, this is in response to your inquiry below. Unfortunately, the backlog queue for eDiscovery searches is extensive and the search for this request remains ongoing. This Office is searching twenty-four custodians of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and I am estimating an additional two to three months for the search to be completed. This search estimation is not based on any issue with your FOIA request, but the backlog queue for ediscovery searches, which consists of FOIA requests that were received ahead of your FOIA request and are being searched, as well as the number of custodians being searched. Since the number of Department custodians subject to the records search is a factor in how long a records search takes to be completed, you may decide to narrow the parameters of the records search, such as limiting the custodians to search to Office leadership . Please be advised, you are not required to do so, I am only providing you an option that might help facilitate the search. Should the search be completed sooner; you will be advised. Once the search is completed, we can provide an estimated date of completion for processing this request.

If you are no longer interested in emails related to the topic of your request, it would significantly facilitate our ability to provide a response as we could limit our search to the Department Executive Secretariat, which maintains official correspondence on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General.

I understand your desire to have the processing of this FOIA request completed and receive this Office’s response; however, please be assured that we are working on your FOIA request. I thank you for your continued patience and communication with this Office as we work towards completing our processing of your FOIA request. Should you have additional questions or concerns, please reach out to this Office.

Thank you,

Valeree Villanueva
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Valeree Villanueva
Supervisory Government Information Specialist &
FOIA Public Liaison
Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice
Main: (202) 514-3642

Joseph Uchill:

Good afternoon, in response to your inquiry below regarding DOJ-2020-000494. In my September 29, 2023 email to you, I estimated this Office needed an additional two to three months to complete the search, as since are still within that time frame, I would recommend you contact this Office next month to check on the status, as the search remains pending. In your most recent inquiry below, you are seeking “when you can expect to receive a response,” since the search is ongoing I can only estimate a response in five to six months. Furthermore, this Office will work to provide interim responses in this matter, when able to do so. I understand the passage in time since this request was submitted and appreciate your continued patience and communication with this Office as we work towards completing our processing of your FOIA request. Should you have additional questions or concerns regarding this request, please feel free to contact this Office.
Thank you,
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Valeree Villanueva
Supervisory Government Information Specialist &
FOIA Public Liaison
Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice
Main: (202) 514-3642

Joseph Uchill,

This concerns your pending Freedom of Information Act request seeking records concerning a statement made by Associate Deputy Attorney General Stacie Harris concerning child exploitation. Given the passage of time, I am inquiring into your continued interest in this matter. If you are still interested, you can indicate so in response to this email. If we do not hear from you within thirty business days, we will assume that you are no longer interested in this matter, and your request will be closed administratively.

Please let me know if you have any questions on this matter.

Doug Hibbard
Chief, Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy