Curtis Ellis Bureau of International Labor Affairs Report

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Good day Mr. Tripician:

Currently ILAB has a backlog of FOIA request. We are working diligently to complete your request and will process it in the order it was received. We have received responsive records regarding Mr. Ellis per Muckrock News's request, however we will need to still review and redact any proprietary information. We appreciate your patience.

Thank you kindly.
Best, Kia Gaskins

Good Day Mr. Tripician:

As previously stated in my last email of June 9, 2020 ILAB, is still currently experiencing a number of backlogged requests. These request came in the FOIA queue before your request and also are new/media related. We apologize for any delay. We have the ILAB FOIA team and attorneys in the process of review of your request for any PII or personal or proprietary information for redactions. I'll let you know once I've received those documents back for my review.
I've gathered various emails from various staff members. There is a bit of information to disseminate and review before any redactions are applied and before any records can released.

We appreciate your patience. Thanks kindly for your help and understanding.

Best, Kia

Good Day Mr. Tripician:

Thank you for your email regarding your FOIA request. We are still in the process of reviewing FOIA request number #889464 for Muckrock News. Please note there is currently a backlog of ILAB FOIA requests. There are other requests ahead of yours in the queue. ILAB FOIA request no. #889464 will be processed in the order it was received. We are still applying redacting and reviewing PII information before release.

Many thanks for your patience.
Best,

Kia Gaskins
ILAB FOIA Coordinator

Good Day Mr. Tripician:

ILAB is still experiencing a high backlog and we are working on your FOIA request for emails.
As soon as it is complete for redaction we will send the information to you. Many thanks for your patience. We apologize for any delays.
Best,
Kia Gaskins
FOIA Coordinator

Good Day Mr. Tripician:

In regards to your FOIA request to view all emails Ellis, Curtis. from March 1, 2017 through July 1, 2017, is there any way possible that you can please narrow the scope of this request to perhaps a specific subject matter? We are getting a voluminous amount of documents that may not be responsive to your request.
Can you please let me know if you would like to research this further or if we can close out this request?

Thanks kindly for your help.
best,

Kia

Kia D. Gaskins
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
Office of the Deputy Undersecretary
Special Assistant
Email: Gaskins.Kia.D@dol.gov<mailto:Gaskins.Kia.D@dol.gov>

Good Day Mr. Tripician:

Since we have not heard from you regarding your FOIA Request #889464 on Curtis Ellis emails, ILAB will be closing this request as of January 4, 2022.

Thanks kindly, Kia