Critical Minerals (Military) (Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General)
| Tracking # |
DODOIG-2019-000886 and DODOIG-APPEAL-2019-000920 DODOIG-2019-000886 |
| Multi Request | Critical Minerals (Military) |
| Submitted | July 10, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Julia Rock
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
- All communications and memos between April 1 2019 and today mentioning “A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals.”
- All communications and memos dated between January 1 2019 and today, containing the non case-sensitive phrases “critical minerals” AND “climate change” OR “renewable energy.”
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,
Julia Rock
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
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=DODOIG-2019-000886&type=request)
* Tracking Number: DODOIG-2019-000886
* Requester Name: Julia Rock
* Date Submitted: 07/15/2019
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
- All communications and memos between April 1 2019 and today mentioning “A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals.”
- All communications and memos dated between January 1 2019 and today, containing the non case-sensitive phrases “critical minerals” AND “climate change” OR “renewable energy.”
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,
Julia Rock
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
Dear Ms. Rock,
Attached please find our acknowledgment letter pertaining to your FOIA request.
v/r
ERIC R. POWERS
Government Information Specialist
Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Freedom of Information Act
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350-1500
This e-mail is from the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense, and may contain information that is "Law Enforcement Sensitive" {LES} or "For Official Use Only" {FOUO} or otherwise subject to the Privacy Act and/or legal and or other privileges that restrict release without appropriate legal authority.
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
Dear Ms. Rock,
Attached please find our interim response to your FOIA request.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at 703-604-9775.
v/r
ERIC R. POWERS
Government Information Specialist
Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Freedom of Information Act
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350-1500
This e-mail is from the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense, and may contain information that is "Law Enforcement Sensitive" {LES} or "For Official Use Only" {FOUO} or otherwise subject to the Privacy Act and/or legal and or other privileges that restrict release without appropriate legal authority.
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
This message is to notify you of a new appeal submission to the FOIAonline application. Appeal information is as follows:
* Appeal Tracking Number: DODOIG-APPEAL-2019-000920
* Request Tracking Number: DODOIG-2019-000886
* Requester Name: Julia Rock
* Date Submitted: 07/24/2019
* Appeal Status: Submitted
* Description: Hello Eric:
I have received your interim response. My original request is reasonably described under the first type of descriptive information "The request must contain file-related information, such as, the type of record sought, the title, index citation, subject area, date the record was created, and the identity of the originator of the record. "
The type of record sought, as I explained in my original request, are communications and memos. To further clarify, communications include emails and letters circulated within the DOD and with other agencies, offices, politicians, companies, and individuals.
The subject area for the first set of memos and communications are “A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals.” This is a specific document released by the executive branch. The subject area for the second are three different key strings. I will focus the second part of my request, "All communications and memos dated between January 1 2019 and today, containing the non case-sensitive phrases “critical minerals” AND “climate change” OR “renewable energy,”" to only emails ending in @dodig.mil so that the emails can be searched for these key words.
I have specified date ranges for the creation of these records.
I have also included "event-related information" for the first part of the request, which was the publication of “A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals.” Here is the press release from the USGS about that strategy: https://www.usgs.gov/news/trump-administration-announces-strategy-strengthen-americas-economy-defense
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
Ms. Rock,
Please contact our office to discuss the search scope of your request. Phone: 703-604-9785.
Sincerely,
Mark
Mark Dorgan
FOIA Public Liaison
FOIA, Privacy and Civil Liberties Office
Office of Inspector General
Department of Defense
Phone: (703) 604-9775
This e-mail is from the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense, and may contain information that is "Law Enforcement Sensitive" {LES} or "For Official Use Only" {FOUO} or otherwise subject to the Privacy Act and/or legal and or other privileges that restrict release without appropriate legal authority.
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
Dear Ms. Rock,
We are reaching out to you again to contact our office to discuss the scope of your request. We will hold your request in abeyance for 10 days from today pending you contacting our office. If we do not hear from you by close of business August 19, 2019, we will believe that you are no longer interested and close the request. Please help us to discuss the search scope of your request by contacting our office at (703) 604-9775, so that we can commence the search for your FOIA request.
v/r
ERIC R. POWERS
Government Information Specialist
Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Freedom of Information Act
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350-1500
Phone: 703-699-7576
This e-mail is from the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense, and may contain information that is "Law Enforcement Sensitive" {LES} or "For Official Use Only" {FOUO} or otherwise subject to the Privacy Act and/or legal and or other privileges that restrict release without appropriate legal authority.
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
Ms. Rock,
Thank you for contacting our office today to discuss the records sought in request number 2019-000886. Based on the wording of your request and our discussion on the phone, we will refer your request for records to the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff FOIA Office (OSD/JS). We will send a referral to the OSD/JS FOIA Office and notify you as well. As we are sending your request to the OSD/JS FOIA Office, you agreed to withdraw your appeal with our Office.
Please feel free to contact our office regarding this process.
Mark
Mark Dorgan
FOIA Public Liaison
FOIA, Privacy and Civil Liberties Office
Office of Inspector General
Department of Defense
Phone: (703) 604-9775
From: Julia Rock
Thanks so much!
From: Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
Dear Ms. Julia,
Attached please find our response to your FOIA request.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at 703-604-9775.
v/r
ERIC R. POWERS
Government Information Specialist
Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Freedom of Information Act
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350-1500
This e-mail is from the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense, and may contain information that is "Law Enforcement Sensitive" {LES} or "For Official Use Only" {FOUO} or otherwise subject to the Privacy Act and/or legal and or other privileges that restrict release without appropriate legal authority.
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