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Mr. Tobias,

Thank you for your email below to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As of March 15, 2019, we accept requests through our NIH FOIA Request Portal. Please submit your request through the Portal<https://foiaportal.nih.gov/>.

There are numerous benefits of using the Portal to submit your request, including:

1. You enter your request directly into our processing queue;
2. The portal guides your entry to ensure we have the necessary contact information and details related to your request, thus reducing administrative delays;
3. You will receive an automated message through the Portal confirming your request has been received;
4. When the documents are reviewed and ready for release, you will download them directly through the Portal;
5. You only register once – making it even easier to submit future requests.
Once you submit your request through the portal, you will receive an email confirming receipt. Please feel free to contact me with any questions about this process.

We look forward to working with you as we adopt a more interactive and efficient FOIA process at the NIH.

Thank you,
The NIH FOIA Staff

Mr. Tobias,

We have not received your FOIA request on the NIH FOIA portal. Do you still want the records that you requested? If so, please submit your request on the portal.

Very Respectfully,

Eve Zamora
Privacy Coordinator
Office of Communications and Public Liaison
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Dear Jimmy Tobias,
The status of your FOIA request #60630 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the NIH FOIA Public Portal click on the Application URL below.
https://foiaportal.nih.gov
Sincerely,
National Institutes of Health

Dear Mr. Tobias

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Very Respectfully,
Tony Livingston

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Dear Mr. Tobias,
We hope this email finds you well and enjoying your day.
We are contacting you to inform you of the status of your FOIA request 60630.
As we have been reviewing the records responsive to your request, we have identified some information that is exempt from disclosure under FOIA. This includes personal information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, and so on. We will redact this information using the term "Personal Information" within the documents.
According to HHS and NIH policy, this type of confidential information cannot be released under FOIA without your consent. If you do not agree to omit this information, we will have to send the records to the NIH FOIA Office for their final decision, which will result in a partial denial and a longer processing time. However, if there are any parts of the records that do not contain this information, we will separate them and send them to you as soon as possible.
Therefore, we kindly ask you to let us know if you agree to omit the personal information from the records. If you do, we will be able to send you the records shortly. If you do not, we will still send you a partial response as soon as possible and forward the remaining records to the NIH FOIA Office for their review.
Please reply to this email at your earliest convenience and confirm your agreement or disagreement with the proposed omissions.

Very Respectfully,

Tony Livingston
984-287-4478

Notes to Inspire: "We can still see people as human, even if we disagree with them."

Greetings Mr. Tobias,

I am writing to follow up on the email I sent you earlier regarding the proposed omissions. If you could reply to me as soon as possible and let me know whether you agree or disagree with the suggestions. Thank you for your cooperation.

Very Respectfully,

Tony Livingston
984-287-4478

Notes to Inspire: "We can still see people as human, even if we disagree with them."

"Greetings, Mr. Tobias.

I hope this email finds you in good health.

We are happy to inform you that we have completed your request and attached the relevant documents for your review. Please find the final response letter and the responsive documents attached to this email. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the delay.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. We appreciate your cooperation.

Very Respectfully,

Tony Livingston
Government Information Specialist
Office of Communications and Public Liaison
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
984-287-3354"

Dear Jimmy Tobias,
The status of your FOIA request #60630 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the NIH FOIA Public Portal click on the Application URL below.
https://foiaportal.nih.gov
Sincerely,
National Institutes of Health