Authorship for a Press Release Titled "We Must Secure The Border And Build The Wall To Make America Safe Again"
| Tracking # |
2018-HQFO-01439, 2020-HQAP-00124 2018-HQFO-01439 |
| Submitted | Sept. 3, 2018 |
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From: Jacob Harris
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I would like to request any email discussions or electronic metadata (including a revision log history from the blog) related to the authorship and editing of a 2/15/2018 press release titled "We Must Secure The Border And Build The Wall To Make America Safe Again" and published at the URL https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/02/15/we-must-secure-border-and-build-wall-make-america-safe-again. If possible, I would like to also see a discussion of how statistics were sourced for the post.
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 Harris
From: Department of Homeland Security
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Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA request. If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486.
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From: Jacob Harris
It is absurd how long this FOIA request is taking. In the interest of simplicity, I am going to simplify things even further:
Was this post authored by or edited by Ian M. Smith while he was working at DHS?
Jacob
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From: Jacob Harris
I am unclear why this FOIA request has been languishing for so long without any action. The information should be readily available in electronic systems and the scope is relatively narrow. I would appreciate if you could help me get this resolved. Thank you.
From: Department of Homeland Security
Good day, Attached is our final response to your request. If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486. Regards, DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone: 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax: 202-343-4011
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From: Jacob Harris
Thank you replying to this FOIA request eventually. I am not sure that this answers my question to be honest, since so much of the document is redacted, I can't tell if this is the blog post or some other content, nor can I tell if it was authored by someone else who is not in this email discussion. At least I have some clarity into where the statistics came from. But I would like to appeal to ask for two bits of information that are not revealed in this FOIA disclosure.
* I would like to know if there is any authors listed within the redacted content of the email. This FOIA request gives the impression it was written by Katie Waldman, but she could be relaying information from someone else
* In addition, I would like to know if the redacted document email includes the title of the blog post as part of the content or if that was added after this email change. If it does not, I would like to request any discussion of that title.
Thank you for the . I hope to hear back from this sooner than in a few years.
Jacob
From: Department of Homeland Security
Good Morning,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA appeal. If you need to contact this office again concerning your appeal, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486.
Regards,
DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone: 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax: 202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)
From: Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Harris:
Please find attached the FOIA Appeal Decision issued by Judge Devine's office in the above captioned matter.
Thank you,
Lauren Meus
Hearing Docket Clerk
U.S. Coast Guard
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