50 More Fun Words (2018) (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

Good Morning Ma'am,

We now have your request for processing but need clarification before we proceed. Specifically what Director, Chief of Staff, and Executive Director are you referring to in your request? As soon as we get this information we can begin processing your request. Thanks.

James Killens III
VACO FOIA Service

Dear Ms. Best:

This letter is in further reference to your email/letter dated June 16, 2020, requesting pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, records pertaining to the following:

Copies of emails sent to or from either the director's office (or equivalent) as well as their chief of staff (or equivalent) and executive director (or equivalent) containing any of the following 50 (non-case sensitive) words between 1 January 2018 and the present:

1. damn
2. damnit
3. goddamn
4. goddam
5. goddammit
6. webcomic
7. hurt
8. accuse
9. accused
10. allege
11. alleges
12. alleged
13. disgrace
14. disgraced
15. worry
16. worries
17. worried
18. lost
19. perjury
20. perjured
21. lie
22. lies
23. lied
24. 1001
25. 1621
26. game
27. marijuana
28. drug
29. activist
30. activists
31. riot
32. soda
33. reward
34. prize
35. save
36. kill
37. decimate
38. punish
39. punishment
40. penalize
41. penalized
42. shred
43. wipe
44. erase
45. delete
46. bastard
47. bitch
48. bitched
49. bitching
50. dessert
We regret the delay in responding to your request. FOIA Service continues its efforts to eliminate the large backlog of pending FOIA requests. Before we begin the search and review process, we want to ensure that you are still interested in continuing the processing of this request.

Due to the nature of your FOIA request, and to help ensure that agency's resources are appropriately spent processing requests for records where the requester remains interested in receiving the documents, we are requesting you to indicate your continued interest in pursuing these records within 30 days from the date of this letter, or we will assume you are no longer interested in this FOIA request, and the case will be administratively closed.

Please refer to FOIA vacofoiase@va.gov<mailto:vacofoiase@va.gov> when communicating with this office about your FOIA request. As information, it is our policy to process requests for access to FOIA Service records on a first-in/first-out basis (FIFO).

Sincerely,

Jacqueline (Jackie) Short
VACO FOIA Service
Quality, Performance, and Risk (QPR)
Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)
Office: (202) 680-2004 / Fax: (202) 632-7581
vacofoiase@va.gov<mailto:vacofoiase@va.gov>
FOIA Service Hotline: 1-877-750-3642

NOTICE: FOIA Service is operating in a 100% telework environment. FOIA Service does not have the capability to send and/or receive hardcopy documents at this time. In order to be more responsive, we ask that if you have previously sent documents to us via U.S. Mail or other delivery services, please resend those documents to us electronically. All meetings, interviews, and mediation sessions will be conducted in a virtual capacity (i.e. telephonic, skype, video conference etc.). Your patience is appreciated during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

[cid:image001.png@01D81F1D.F74DBFD0]QPR's Mission Statement:
"To lead a culture of quality and accountability to drive an exceptional Veteran and customer experience."

These messages and attachments are For Official Use Only, not to be shared outside intended parties, and may be exempt from disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552. If you received these messages and attachments in error, you must inform the FOIA Officer and destroy them immediately.

Ms. Best,

You were sent an email for clarification on June, 17, 2020, which you did not respond. We then sent you a Still Interested email on February 11, 2022, which you did not respond, so your request was administratively closed.

By your recent email it is clear you still want to proceed with your request, however, you will have to resubmit your request. Please be specific as to what Director, Chief of Staff, and Executive Director you are referring to in your request.

Sincerely,

VACO FOIA Service
Quality, Performancer, and Risk (QPR)
Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)
Fax: (202) 632-7581
vacofoiase@va.gov<mailto:vacofoiase@va.gov>
FOIA Service Hotline: 1-877-750-3642

[cid:image001.png@01D83770.8B315300]QPR's Mission Statement:
"To lead a culture of quality and accountability to drive an exceptional Veteran and customer experience."

These messages and attachments are For Official Use Only, not to be shared outside intended parties, and may be exempt from disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552. If you received these messages and attachments in error, you must inform the FOIA Officer and destroy them immediately.