Agency Communication with Fox News (Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General)
Tracking # |
DOJ-2018-005962 |
Multi Request | Agency Communication with Fox News |
Submitted | June 6, 2018 |
Est. Completion | None |
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From: Jeremy Barr
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All emails between employees of this executive agency and employees of Fox News (employees possessing email addresses that end in @foxnews.com).
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 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Barr
From: 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://foiaonline.regulations.gov:443/foia/action/public/view/request?objectId=090004d28196e8bd)
* Tracking Number: DOJ-2018-005962
* Requester Name: Jeremy Barr
* Date Submitted: 06/07/2018
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: foia request
From: Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
Good morning,
This email is regarding request DOJ-2018-005962, submitted by Jeremy Barr to the Office of the Attorney General and seeking emails to/from DOJ employees and Fox News. I'm emailing to inquire about the search and scope of the request - for example, the Office of Public Affairs is much more likely to maintain records. As such, would you be amenable to a search being conducted solely in the Office of Public Affairs or both the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of the Attorney General? Also, narrowing the scope to a specific time frame and topic would be beneficial, and would significantly cut down on processing time. Please let me know if you're also amenable to narrowing to a specific time frame and topic.
Thank you,
Kim Kochurka
Government Information Specialist
Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice
Ph: (202) 616-9712
Kimberley.Kochurka@usdoj.gov <mailto:Kimberley.Kochurka@usdoj.gov>
From: Jeremy Barr
Hello,
I am requesting all emails between employees of this executive agency and employees of Fox News (employees possessing email addresses that end in @foxnews.com) from the period starting on January 20, 2017 until the present day.
I am amenable to a search being conducted solely in the Office of Public Affairs or both the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of the Attorney General.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Barr
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Jeremy Barr
Hello,
Can you provide an estimated completion date for this request? Would my request be expedited if I limit the scope of the request in some way?
Thank you.
Jeremy Barr
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
Mr. Barr,
This responds to your below inquiry concerning your request DOJ-2018-005962. By email dated July 5, 2018, (attached), Kim Kochurka, formerly of this Office, inquired into your interest the Office of Public Affairs, as opposed to the Office of the Attorney General, as the Department component most likely to maintain the records you are seeking. To date, we have not received your response to this inquiry. In addition, and as stated in Ms. Kochurka's email, any time frame and/or topic(s) you could provide would facilitate our records search and response to you.
Once we have received your response, we can initiate our records search.
Please let me know if you have questions concerning this matter.
Doug Hibbard
FOIA Public Liaison
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FOIA Request DOJ-2018-005962 (Barr)
From: Jeremy Barr
Hello,
On 9/24/18, I wrote: “I am amenable to a search being conducted solely in the Office of Public Affairs or both the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of the Attorney General.”
So, yes, searching the Office of Public Affairs instead of the Office of the Attorney General would be acceptable to me.
Thank you
From: Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
Is there a specific time frame and/or topic from which you are seeking records? The more focused we can make your request, the sooner we will be able to respond to it.
From: Jeremy Barr
Any emailed communications between Jan. 1, 2018 and the present day.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 6, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 7, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 7, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 7, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 7, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 7, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOJ-2018-005962.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
At this time, our records search has been completed and an extensive volume of records have been located (over 17,00 emails) that might be responsive to your request.
That said, in response to another request, communications between the Office of Public Affairs and various news organizations, including Fox News, from March 30, 2017, to January 2, 2019, have been processed and posted to our FOIA Library (https://www.justice.gov/oip/available-documents-oip) under the heading “Records of Communications Between the Office of Public Affairs and The News Media Organizations.” Accordingly, I am inquiring into your interest in further narrowing the timeframe of your request to records that would not be covered by the material posted to the FOIA Library. This would limit the timeframe of your request to records from January 3, 2019, to March 2, 2019. Such a narrowing of the timeframe would reduce the amount of potentially responsive records from over 17,000 to slightly under 4,000.
Please let me know if you have any questions on this matter.
Doug Hibbard
Chief, Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy
From: Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
Good morning Mr. Barr,
This case has recently been reassigned to me for processing. Please be advised that OIP’s FOIA Library post under the heading “Records of Communications Between the Office of Public Affairs and The News Media Organizations” now has records dating to January 7, 2019. I am inquiring into your interest in narrowing the timeframe of your search to January 7, 2019 through March 2, 2019. I updated our search to that date range which located just over 1500 emails that are potentially responsive to your request. Additionally, I’d like to suggest narrowing your request to emails with FOXNews employees as the current emails include list-serve type email blasts that were received by Public Affairs employees from the @foxnews.com domain. If you are still interested in this request and my suggested narrower scope, please respond to this email. If I have not heard from you after thirty business days, I will assume you are no longer interested in this matter and will close your request administratively.
Thank you for your time,
Eric Hotchkiss
Senior Government Information Specialist
Department of Justice
Office of Information Policy
Office: 202-616-5456
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