Boycott
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| Tracking # |
2022-FOIA-00065 DOC-BIS-2021-001257 |
| Submitted | March 31, 2021 |
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From: Daniel Boguslaw
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all documents, electronic communications, letters, emails, text messages and voice mails referencing the Boycott Divest Sanction movement targeting Israel between the dates of January 1, 2001 and the date this request is processed.
Please conduct a search of all systems of records for both main-file records and cross-reference records for all relevant searches including but not limited to the non-case sensitive character strings "BDS", "boycott divest sanction", "Israel boycott", "Israeli Boycott",
As a member of the news media and frequent contributor to publications like The New Republic, The Intercept, and The Nation, I ask that any associated fees be waved.
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,
Daniel Boguslaw
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
* Tracking Number: DOC-BIS-2021-001257
* Requester Name: Daniel Boguslaw
* Date Submitted: 03/31/2021
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all documents, electronic communications, letters, emails, text messages and voice mails referencing the Boycott Divest Sanction movement targeting Israel between the dates of January 1, 2001 and the date this request is processed.
Please conduct a search of all systems of records for both main-file records and cross-reference records for all relevant searches including but not limited to the non-case sensitive character strings "BDS", "boycott divest sanction", "Israel boycott", "Israeli Boycott",
As a member of the news media and frequent contributor to publications like The New Republic, The Intercept, and The Nation, I ask that any associated fees be waved.
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,
Daniel Boguslaw
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From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
Your request for Fee Waiver for the FOIA request DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been
fully granted.
* Fee Waiver Original Justification:
As a member of the news media and frequent contributor to publications like The New Republic, The Intercept, and The Nation, I ask that any associated fees be waved.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
* Fee Waiver Disposition Reason:
N/A
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
Dear Daniel Boguslaw:
This is inform you that your request was assigned to BIS’ Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC). BIS/OAC is an extremely small office and a search of this magnitude would significantly (if not entirely) impede their ongoing work. BIS/OAC requests that the scope and timeframe of the request be reduced as follows:
As you know, BIS/OAC has for its mission enforcement of Regulations against any unsanctioned boycott, including its primary focus, the Arab League boycott of Israel.
BIS/OAC believes that the search terms “Israel Boycott” and “Israeli Boycott” would generate a substantial, even overwhelming, volume of documents which would not in any way relate to the “Boycott Divest Sanctions movement” (BDS), a movement which is not within the auspices of BIS/OAC. Virtually every document, email, writing, etc in BIS/OAC references directly or indirectly the “Israel Boycott” or ‘Israeli Boycott” as these terms capture the regular work of BIS/OAC; most if not all of those documents, would be withheld under (b)(3) and none of those documents would relate to BDS which is not subject to BIS/OAC’s regular mission.
BIS requests that you limit the search terms to “BDS” and “boycott divest sanction," and to documents held by BIS/OAC to produce the documents you are seeking in a timely manner. BIS also requests you reduce the date range from 20 years to five years.
BIS also offers to requester the guidance that settlement documents (including Proposed Charging Letter, Settlement Agreement and Order) related to each and all of OAC’s administrative enforcement cases (involving compliance with the Arab League boycott of Israel) from 2007 through the present are available on line at the Office of Antiboycott Compliance page at www.bis.doc.gov. Your response is due by May 10, 2021. Note that if we do not hear from you by the due date, your request will be closed. (http://www.bis.doc.gov)
Thank you,
Grace Agyekum
FOIA Officer, BIS
From: Daniel Boguslaw
Dear Grace,
Thank you for your very helpful suggestion on the settlement documents, and my apologies on the overtly expansive nature of this request. Per your suggestion, I would like to limit my request terms to "“BDS” and “boycott divest sanction," and to documents held by BIS/OAC while also reducing the date range from 20 years to five years.
Thanks for your help and advice!
Sincerely,
Daniel Boguslaw
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
Dear Boguslaw:
This is a follow up on a correspondence we sent you via FOIAonline on April 8th about limiting the scope of your request.
Your request was assigned to BIS’ Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC). BIS/OAC is an extremely small office and a search of this magnitude would significantly (if not entirely) impede their ongoing work. BIS/OAC requests that the scope and timeframe of the request be reduced as follows: As you know, BIS/OAC has for its mission enforcement of Regulations against any unsanctioned boycott, including its primary focus, the Arab League boycott of Israel.
BIS/OAC believes that the search terms “Israel Boycott” and “Israeli Boycott” would generate a substantial, even overwhelming, volume of documents which would not in any way relate to the “Boycott Divest Sanctions movement” (BDS), a movement which is not within the auspices of BIS/OAC. Virtually every document, email, writing, etc. in BIS/OAC references directly or indirectly the “Israel Boycott” or ‘Israeli Boycott” as these terms capture the regular work of BIS/OAC; most if not all of those documents, would be withheld under (b)(3) and none of those documents would relate to BDS which is not subject to BIS/OAC’s regular mission. BIS requests that you limit the search terms to “BDS” and “boycott divest sanction," and to documents held by BIS/OAC to produce the documents you are seeking in a timely manner. BIS also requests you reduce the date range from 20 years to five years.
BIS also offers to requester the guidance that settlement documents (including Proposed Charging Letter, Settlement Agreement and Order) related to each and all of OAC’s administrative enforcement cases (involving compliance with the Arab League boycott of Israel) from 2007 through the present are available on line at the Office of Antiboycott Compliance page at www.bis.doc.gov<http://www.bis.doc.gov>.
Your response is due by May 10, 2021. Note that if we do not hear from you by the due date, your request will be closed.
Thank you,
Grace Agyekum
Bureau of Industry and Security, DOC
Washington, DC 20230
Telephone: 202-482-7893
Email: grace.agyekum@bis.doc.gov<mailto:grace.agyekum@bis.doc.gov>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 31, 2021. You previously indicated that it would be completed on May 10, 2021. I wanted to let you know that I am still interested in the following documents, and to see if that date was still accurate. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-BIS-2021-001257.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been approved for an interim release.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. View Records (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
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DOC-BIS-2021-001257_Records
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been approved for an interim release.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. View Records (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
RE: Your FOIA Request to Treasury, Case Number 2021-FOIA-00816 Dear Mr. Boguslaw: This email acknowledges the receipt of your FOIA request dated 08/10/2021 seeking copies of the following records: Referral from U.S. Department of Commerce / Bureau of Industry and Security for Direct Response to Requester:Please conduct a search of all systems of records for both main-file records and cross-reference records for all relevantsearches including but not limited to the non-case sensitive character strings "BDS", "boycott divest sanction", "Israelboycott", "Israeli Boycott", This request has been issued tracking number 2021-FOIA-00816 . Please reference this number in all future correspondence with this office when communicating regarding this request. Please see the attached letter for more information. Sincerely, Cawana Pearson Case Manager, FOIA and Transparency ffice of Privacy, Transparency, and Records
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
From: Daniel Boguslaw
I'm writing to appeal a redaction on the following page of my recently completed FOIA request: 2021-FOIA-00816: pg 354 of the file _BIS-2021-001257 review part 2_redacted.pdf. Please find the page in question attached.
Firstly, I would like to appeal the (b)(7)(c) redaction at the top of the page. As you know, (b)(7)(c) refers to records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
This redaction does not refer to law enforcement purposes. The content of the email and the subject header makes clear that this was forwarded by a DOC official. Furthermore, the identity of this sender is crucial to understanding whether or not a BIS official lobbied a foreign government on behalf of the United States. Furthermore, even if a determination to redact the senders name is reached, the identifiers in the second half of the senders email address identifying the domain name rather than the individual's name in no ways meets the criteria for (b)(7)(c) as it would reveal only the email domain and not the sender's actual name.
Furthermore, I would like to appeal the two other (b)(7)(c) redactions on the page as I do not believe they constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been approved for an interim release.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. View Records (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
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DOC-BIS-2021-001257_Records
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been approved for an interim release.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. View Records (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been approved for an interim release.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. View Records (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
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DOC-BIS-2021-001257_Records_1
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been approved for an interim release, part 6.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: View Records Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
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DOC-BIS-2021-001257_Records_2
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been approved for part 7 and final interim release.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: View Records Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
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DOC-BIS-2021-001257_Records_3
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
DOC-BIS-2021-001257 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial Grant/Partial Denial on parts 1-7.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: View Records Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-BIS-2021-001257&type=request)
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
RE: Your FOIA Request to Treasury, Case Number 2022-FOIA-00065 Dear Mr. Boguslaw This email acknowledges the receipt of your FOIA request to the Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce referred records to the Department of the Treasury for review and direct response to you. Please note that we will process the records as quick as possible. Your request is outlined as follows: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: Any and all documents, electronic communications, letters, emails, text messages and voice mails referencing the Boycott Divest Sanction movement targeting Israel between the dates of January 1, 2001 and the date this request is processed.Please conduct a search of all systems of records for both main-file records and cross-reference records for all relevant searches including but not limited to the non-case sensitive character strings "BDS", "boycott divest sanction", "Israel boycott", "Israeli Boycott", As a member of the news media and frequent contributor to publications like The New Republic, The Intercept, and The Nation, I ask that any associated fees be waved. The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made or 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 yourresponse to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Daniel BoguslawUpload documents directly This request has been issued tracking number 2022-FOIA-00065 . Please reference this number in all future correspondence with this office when communicating regarding this request. Please see the attached letter for more information. Sincerely, Cawana Pearson Case Manager, FOIA and Transparency ffice of Privacy, Transparency, and Records
From: Bureau Of Industry And Security
Greetings, Please find the Department of the Treasury's response to your Freedom of Information Act request 2022-FOIA-00065, attached. The FOIA Requester Service Center can be reached at FOIA@treasury.gov. Please reference FOIA case number 2022-FOIA-00065 when contacting our office about this request if any questions arise. (mailto:FOIA@treasury.gov) Sincerely, Department of the Treasury
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