Alterations to Little Boy casings (Department of Energy)

To Whom It May Concern:

THIS IS A FOIA REQUEST
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request copies of the following records:

Reports, analyses, contracts, planning documents, policy directives or guidance, memos, and other relevant records to documenting the decision to alter historical Little Boy nuclear weapon casings; the alterations made; and the disposition of both altered and unaltered casings. Please also include correspondence and other records documenting the response of agencies and institutions whose casings were to be altered. You may limit your search for records to the time period between and including January 1, 2001 and the conclusion of any program or effort to alter historical Little Boy nuclear weapon casings.

As the FOIA requires, please release all reasonably segregable nonexempt portions of documents. If you withhold information or records then please identify the exemption through which you do so and advise me of my options for appeal under the law.

FEES AND FEE STATUS
I am a PhD student at the University of New Mexico and the information requested is for academic and public education purposes, including my PhD dissertation project, and not primarily for commercial use. Furthermore, I will make responsive records available to the public via my academic publications and presentations; on social media (I have over 13,000 Twitter followers); and through the News Site MuckRock.com. Please note that you can access my UNM student profile page at the following url: https://anthropology.unm.edu/people/grad-students/profile/martin-pfeiffer.html.

Therefore, as per Sack v. DOD (2016) I qualify for educational institution fee status and ask that you process my request accordingly. In your response please confirm that you will be processing my request under the educational institution fee status.

If fees are assessed then I agree to pay fees up to $30 without additional notice. In the event that there are fees exceeding $30 then please inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request.

RECORDS AND COMMUNICATIONS
I hereby request that all records generated by this request be delivered in electronic format via email or, if that is not possible, on CD-ROM if available.
Please do not hesitate to contact me (preferably via email) with any questions or information. You may, and I request that you do so if convenient, engage in rolling release of responsive documents.

CONCLUSION
I look forward to receiving your response within the twenty day statutory period. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation and time in this matter.

To whom it may concern,

My apologies, my signature line was cut off in the previous submission. I am Martin Pfeiffer (also accessible through clicking on my UNM student profile linke.)

Regards,
-marty-
Martin Pfeiffer

Hello Mr. Morris,

For your records, here is the full FOIA request.

Thanks so much for your help.
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To Whom It May Concern:

THIS IS A FOIA REQUEST
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request copies of the following records:

Reports, analyses, contracts, planning documents, policy directives or guidance, memos, and other relevant records to documenting the decision to alter historical Little Boy nuclear weapon casings; the alterations made; and the disposition of both altered and unaltered casings. Please also include correspondence and other records documenting the response of agencies and institutions whose casings were to be altered. You may limit your search for records to the time period between and including January 1, 2001 and the conclusion of any program or effort to alter historical Little Boy nuclear weapon casings.

As the FOIA requires, please release all reasonably segregable nonexempt portions of documents. If you withhold information or records then please identify the exemption through which you do so and advise me of my options for appeal under the law.

FEES AND FEE STATUS
I am a PhD student at the University of New Mexico and the information requested is for academic and public education purposes, including my PhD dissertation project, and not primarily for commercial use. Furthermore, I will make responsive records available to the public via my academic publications and presentations; on social media (I have over 13,000 Twitter followers); and through the News Site MuckRock.com. Please note that you can access my UNM student profile page at the following url: https://anthropology.unm.edu/people/grad-students/profile/martin-pfeiffer.html.

Therefore, as per Sack v. DOD (2016) I qualify for educational institution fee status and ask that you process my request accordingly. In your response please confirm that you will be processing my request under the educational institution fee status.

If fees are assessed then I agree to pay fees up to $30 without additional notice. In the event that there are fees exceeding $30 then please inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request.

RECORDS AND COMMUNICATIONS
I hereby request that all records generated by this request be delivered in electronic format via email or, if that is not possible, on CD-ROM if available.
Please do not hesitate to contact me (preferably via email) with any questions or information. You may, and I request that you do so if convenient, engage in rolling release of responsive documents.

CONCLUSION
I look forward to receiving your response within the twenty day statutory period. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation and time in this matter.

Martin Pfeiffer

Hi Mr. Chris,

I'm now confused. Apologies.

So do I need to file a request with DOE HQ separately now for these records as well or are we proceeding as though there hadn't been an ooopsie and both NNSA and you got copies of this request properly?

Thank you!

Regards,
-marty-
Martin Pfeiffer

Hi Mr. Chris,

I am 225-337-0759. I wanted to touch base and clarify (sorry for delay, a bunch of school stuff this summer).

To be clear: both DOE HQ and NNSA have this request, correct?

Thank you and apologies for the confusion!

Regards,
-marty-
Martin Pfeiffer