Aircraft information request for 1991 Bell 412 Helicopter
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| Tracking # |
HQ-2020-00923-F |
| Submitted | June 9, 2020 |
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From: Jacob Appelbaum
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All records, documents, emails, and other correspondence regarding or related to the 1991 Bell 412 Helicopter as well as any additional equipment attached to the aircraft. This aircraft has holds registration N411DE. This aircraft uses the mode-s code of A4D827 in hexadecimal. I request records, documents, emails, privacy assessments, purchase orders, maintenance records, and other correspondence relating to the equipment.
Additionally, I would like any manuals, procedures, communications protocols, and any communications related to inter-agency coordination. This should include pilot logs, flight plans, and surveillance plans. Specifically, I am looking for any and all data relating to flights over and near the city of Washington, DC. The data should cover the last week, and for the months of May and June 2020 where the aircraft was documented flying over demonstrations. Any imaging or other surveillance data from onboard collection is additionally requested, as well as any policies which govern the collection, processing, use, and dissemination of this data. Any communication about this data or related data should be included, especially inter-agency communications, and metadata.
This information is part of a journalistic research project involving the Seattle Privacy Coalition.
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,
Jacob Appelbaum
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 9, 2020. 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: Department of Energy
Good Afternoon,
Please see the attached final response for the above mentioned case. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank You,
Diamond C. Weaver-Bey, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc., Contractor
U.S Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585
From: Department of Energy
Dear Mr. Applebaum,
The attached PDF acknowledges receipt of your FOIA request. If you have questions email me anytime.
Thank you, Kristen Duran
FOIA/PA Specialist
DOE/NNSA ABQ-Complex
Kristen.Duran@nnsa.doe.gov (mailto:Kristen.Duran@nnsa.doe.gov)
From: Department of Energy
Good Morning Mr. Applebaum,
I would like to setup a time to speak with you regarding your open FOIA case. Please let me know a date and time that works best for you. Thank you!
Respectfully,
Kristen Duran
FOIA/PA Specialist
NNSA
Kristen.duran@nnsa.doe.gov
From: Department of Energy
Good Morning Mr. Applebaum,
I am reaching out again regarding your open FOIA case. I have been in touch with the site office involved with fulfilling your request and they would like to know if you are at all willing to narrow the scope of this request. Considering the age of the aircraft involved with your request, the search and duplication involved will be exhaustive with the sheer amount of paperwork involved and will also exceed the $25 in fees you are willing to pay. If you are willing to narrow the scope to the second portion mentioned in your request, the site office has advised they should be able to fulfill that in a much timelier manner. They also advised the manuals involved with the aircraft are available in the public domain. Please advise on how you would like to proceed with this request. If you would like to discuss this via phone or have any questions please let me know. Thanks!
Respectfully,
Kristen Duran
FOIA/PA Specialist
NNSA
Kristen.duran@nnsa.doe.gov
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Hello,
I'm happy to call your office, especially if there is a time and date that would work well for you. Thursday, for example at 11am EST? Otherwise, would anytime this week work for you or perhaps next week?
I'm willing to narrow the request and I'm not too concerned about copies of manuals, though I'd need to know exactly which equipment is in use to make a determination.
Sincerely,
Jacob Appelbaum
From: Department of Energy
Good Morning Mr. Applebaum,
Thank you so much for responding to my email. I am unfortunately not working in the office at the moment and only have a personal cell phone (which we are not authorized to give out). I am definitely available to chat really anytime this week or next, but would have to call you. I super appreciate your flexibility with this request, and hope we can get you the info you need in a timely manner. Let me know if you would like to go ahead with Thursday at 11am EST and if so, what number I can call you at and we can get that scheduled. Thanks again for your response and for your time.
Kristen
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Dear Kristen,
Thank you again for the call today. I look forward to discussing some further refinements to this request and I appreciate your work on this matter!
Sincerely,
Jacob Appelbaum
From: Department of Energy
Good Morning,
Thank you for taking the time to chat with us regarding your case. We will be in touch once we hear back from the site office, and will hopefully be able to get you a quick response. Thank again and hope you have a nice day!
Kristen
From: Department of Energy
Good Afternoon Mr. Appelbaum,
I just wanted to follow-up with you regarding your open FOIA request as we have heard back from the site office regarding the narrowed search. Please let me know a date and time that would work for you to discuss your case. Thanks!
Respectfully,
Kristen Duran
FOIA/PA Specialist
NNSA
Kristen.duran@nnsa.doe.gov
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Dear Kristen,
Would sometime on Thursday or Friday work for you?
Sincerely,
Jacob Appelbaum
From: Department of Energy
Thursday would be great! Are you available at 12EST again?
Kristen
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Dear Kristen,
Sure, I will give you a ring at 12PM EST on Thursday.
Sincerely,
Jacob Appelbaum
From: Department of Energy
Sounds good, but since we are teleworking Angelia and I can give you a call at the phone number you previously provided if that works.
Thanks,
Kristen
From: Department of Energy
Good Morning Mr. Appelbaum,
We had something inadvertently come up and need to reschedule the teleconference. Are you available at 2PM EST today? My apologies for any inconvenience.
Kristen
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Dear Kristen,
I'm available at 2PM EST today and look forward to your call (on the same number as our last call).
Sincerely,
Jacob Appelbaum
From: Department of Energy
Thanks so much. Looking forward to our call at 2PM EST.
Kristen
From: Department of Energy
Dear Mr. Appelbaum,
Thank you again for taking the time to chat with Angelia and me regarding FOIA 20-00187-KD for a copy of the following:
All records, documents, emails, and other correspondence regarding or related to the 1991 Bell 412 Helicopter as well as any additional equipment attached to the aircraft. This aircraft has holds registration N411DE. This aircraft uses the mode-s code of A4D827 in hexadecimal. I request records, documents, emails, privacy assessments, purchase orders, maintenance records, and other correspondence relating to the equipment. Additionally, I would like any manuals, procedures, communications protocols, and any communications related to inter-agency coordination. This should include pilot logs, flight plans, and surveillance plans. Specifically, I am looking for any and all data relating to flights over and near the city of Washington, DC. The data should cover the last week, and for the months of May and June 2020 where the aircraft was documented flying over demonstrations. Any imaging or other surveillance data from onboard collection is additionally requested, as well as any policies which govern the collection, processing, use, and dissemination of this data. Any communication about this data or related data should be included, especially inter-agency communications, and metadata.
As agreed, FOIA 20-00187-KD will be amended to the May and June 2020 Flight Plans related to the 1991 Bell 412 Helicopter that holds registration N411DE. We further agreed that we would contact the site office regarding relevant operation manuals and flight equipment lists for the months of May and June 2020. Once we have confirmation, we will contact you and proceed with processing your second request.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions and we will be in touch soon. Thank you!
Respectfully,
Kristen Duran
FOIA/PA Specialist
NNSA
Kristen.duran@nnsa.doe.gov
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Dear Kristen,
Thank you for everything. The amended FOIAs sound perfectly as we discussed. Let me know if there is anything else needed.
Sincerely,
Jacob Appelbaum
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 9, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #HQ-2020-00923-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Energy
Good Morning Mr. Appelbaum,
We actually just received the response to your request from the site office on Friday. I should have it completed and emailed out to you within the next week or two.
Thanks,
Kristen Duran
From: Department of Energy
Good Morning Mr. Appelbaum,
The attached final response letter and corresponding document completes our response to your reduced FOIA request. Please let us know if you would like us to proceed with the second portion of your request.
Respectfully,
Kristen Duran
FOIA/PA Specialist
NNSA
Kristen.duran@nnsa.doe.gov
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