Correspondence from Texas politicians

Alex Kotch filed this request with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States of America.
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From: Alex Kotch

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

All correspondence from these selected Texas members of Congress (listed below) and their staff members, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to the NOAA from January 1, 2015 through the present: Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Ted Poe, Rep. Sam Johnson, Rep. John Ratcliffe, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Rep. Joe Barton, Rep. John Culberson, Rep. Kevin Brady, Rep. Michael McCaul, Rep. Michael Conaway, Rep. Kay Granger, Rep. Mac Thornberry, Rep. Randy Weber, Rep. Bill Flores, Rep. Jodey Arrington, Rep. Lamar Smith, Rep. Pete Olson, Rep. Will Hurd, Rep. Kenny Marchant, Rep. Roger Williams, Rep. Michael Burgess, Rep. Blake Farenthold, Rep. John Carter, Rep. Pete Session, Rep. Brian Babin and former Rep. Randy Neugebauer.

For email correspondence, this refers to all communications from these elected officials sent to any noaa.gov email address.

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,

Alex Kotch

From: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Good afternoon,

This is in follow up to your FOIA request listed above. NOAA has commenced
a search for responsive records and will provide to you any non-exempt
portions as soon as they are processed. I apologize for the delay in
processing your request. The extent of the search in this particular
instance is significant, and we appreciate your patience as this request
progresses.

Regards,

Lola Stith
NOAA FOIA Office

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Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:01 AM
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Correspondence from Texas
politicians
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January 29, 2018

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 30, 2017. Please let me know
when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is
needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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Somerville, MA 02144
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-2516

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On Aug. 30, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request
the following records:

All correspondence from these selected Texas members of Congress (listed
below) and their staff members, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and former Texas
Gov. Rick Perry to the NOAA from January 1, 2015 through the present: Sen.
John Cornyn, Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Ted Poe, Rep. Sam
Johnson, Rep. John Ratcliffe, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Rep. Joe Barton, Rep.
John Culberson, Rep. Kevin Brady, Rep. Michael McCaul, Rep. Michael
Conaway, Rep. Kay Granger, Rep. Mac Thornberry, Rep. Randy Weber, Rep. Bill
Flores, Rep. Jodey Arrington, Rep. Lamar Smith, Rep. Pete Olson, Rep. Will
Hurd, Rep. Kenny Marchant, Rep. Roger Williams, Rep. Michael Burgess, Rep.
Blake Farenthold, Rep. John Carter, Rep. Pete Session, Rep. Brian Babin and
former Rep. Randy Neugebauer.

For email correspondence, this refers to all communications from these
elected officials sent to any noaa.gov email address.

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,

Alex Kotch

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ogin=4a925ca6-8219-40eb-bdb4-6831ac5d125e&email=FOIA%40noaa.gov#agency-reply
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the
above link to let us know.

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 42611
411A Highland Ave
<https://maps.google.com/?q=411A+Highland+Ave+Somerville,+MA+02144&entry=gmail&source=g>
Somerville, MA 02144
<https://maps.google.com/?q=411A+Highland+Ave+Somerville,+MA+02144&entry=gmail&source=g>
-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.

From: Alex Kotch

Thank you, and please keep me posted.

Best,
Alex

From: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Good evening - This request was processed and closed on 05/14/2018. Please
find a copy of the final response attached.
Regards,

Lola Stith
NOAA FOIA Office

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