CVA + VA correspondence
| Tracking # |
19-04795-F 19-02527-F 18-01467-F, 18-03943-F 18-01467-F |
| Submitted | Oct. 19, 2017 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Jasper Craven
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
All email correspondence between VA officials and officials at the Concerned Veterans For America with email addresses ending in "@cv4a.org" between Jan. 20 and present day.
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,
Jasper Craven
From:
Dear Mr. Craven,
On October 20, 2017, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Service received your electronic FOIA request seeking:
"All email correspondence between VA officials and officials at the Concerned Veterans For America with email addresses ending in "@cv4a.org" between Jan. 20 and present day."
Your request has been assigned tracking number 18-01467-F. Please refer to this number when contacting the VA regarding your request.
Further clarification is needed before we can process your request. According to our regulations, a request for records "must contain a reasonable description of the records desired so that it may be located with relative ease." Per 38 CFR, 1.554(d), the requester's description of the records sought needs to describe such records in enough detail to allow VA FOIA Officers to locate them with a "reasonable amount of effort." To the extent possible, the requester should include specific information about each record sought, such as the date, title or name, author, recipient and subject matter. Wide ranging requests that lack specificity or contain descriptions of very general subject matters with no description of specific records may be considered "not reasonably described."
In order to complete your request, we are seeking clarification concerning the scope of the search for records. You stated you are seeking all email correspondence between "VA officials..." Please identify what "VA officials" you are interested in, and, the VA office, if known. To ensure that VA conducts a thorough and efficient records search, please narrow the scope of the search of your request as requested.
Please contact us within 30 business days of the date of this communication or we will conclude that you are no longer interested in pursuing this
request and will close our file.
Please do not hesitate in contacting me if you have any questions about this email.
V/R,
Diane Cooke
VA FOIA Service (005R1C)
Office of Privacy Information and Identity Protection (PIIP)
Quality, Privacy, and Risk (QPR)
Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)
Office: 202-632-7419
Fax: 202-632-7581
Hotline: 1-877-750-3642
Please take a moment and let us know how we did by completing a quick evaluation: Got a minute? Rate Our Service!<https://vaww.vashare.oit.va.gov/sites/QPR/Lists/QPR%20Customer%20Satisifaction%20Evaluation/Item/newifs.aspx>
[Quality, Privacy, Risk icon.]QPR's Mission Statement:
"To instill and promote a culture of quality, privacy and risk management in collaboration with our business partners to enable a better Veteran experience."
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From:
Dear Mr. Craven,
This email is to acknowledge your January 10, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in which you are requesting:
" All email correspondence between VA officials and the officials at the Concerned Veterans For America with email addresses ending in "@cv4a.org." between Jan. 20 and present day."
Your request has been assigned tracking number 18-03943-F. Please refer to this number when contacting the VA regarding your request.
Further clarification is needed before we can process your request. According to our regulations, a request for records "must contain a reasonable description of the records desired so that it may be located with relative ease." Per 38 CFR, 1.554(d), the requester's description of the records sought needs to describe such records in enough detail to allow VA FOIA Officers to locate them with a "reasonable amount of effort." To the extent possible, the requester should include specific information about each record sought, such as the date, title or name, author, recipient and subject matter. Wide ranging requests that lack specificity or contain descriptions of very general subject matters with no description of specific records may be considered "not reasonably described."
In order to complete your request, we are seeking clarification concerning the scope of the search for records. You stated you are seeking all email correspondence between "VA officials..." Please identify which "VA Officials" you are interested in, and, the VA office, if known. Also, your request stated you looking for records from January 20 to present. Are you looking for records from January 20, 2018 to present?
To ensure that VA conducts a thorough and efficient records search, please narrow the scope of the search of your request and confirm the timeframe of the search as requested.
Please contact us within 30 calendar days of the date of this communication or we will conclude that you are no longer interested in pursuing this
request and will close our file.
Please do not hesitate in contacting me if you have any questions about this email.
V/R,
Diane Cooke
VA FOIA Service (005R1C)
Office of Privacy Information and Identity Protection (PIIP)
Quality, Privacy, and Risk (QPR)
Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)
Office: 202-632-7419
Fax: 202-632-7581
Hotline: 1-877-750-3642
Please take a moment and let us know how we did by completing a quick evaluation: Got a minute? Rate Our Service!<https://vaww.vashare.oit.va.gov/sites/QPR/Lists/QPR%20Customer%20Satisifaction%20Evaluation/Item/newifs.aspx>
[Quality, Privacy, Risk icon.]QPR's Mission Statement:
"To instill and promote a culture of quality, privacy and risk management in collaboration with our business partners to enable a better Veteran experience."
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From: Jasper Craven
Hello,
Sorry for the broad request, please allow me to narrow it. I'm specifically seeking all correspondence with the top executive officials, named here: https://www.va.gov/opa/bios/. Also, please include Peter O'Rourke, leader of the VA's Office of Accountability: https://www.va.gov/accountability/
And yes, January 20, 2018, until present.
Thank you!
From:
Dear Mr. Craven,
Please see attached, the Department of Veterans Affairs response to your January 10, 2018, Freedom of Information Act request.
V/R,
Diane Cooke
VA FOIA Service (005R1C)
Office of Privacy Information and Identity Protection (PIIP)
Quality, Privacy, and Risk (QPR)
Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)
Office: 202-632-7419
Fax: 202-632-7581
Hotline: 1-877-750-3642
Please take a moment and let us know how we did by completing a quick evaluation: Got a minute? Rate Our Service!<https://vaww.vashare.oit.va.gov/sites/QPR/Lists/QPR%20Customer%20Satisifaction%20Evaluation/Item/newifs.aspx>
[Quality, Privacy, Risk icon.]QPR's Mission Statement:
"To instill and promote a culture of quality, privacy and risk management in collaboration with our business partners to enable a better Veteran experience."
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Response from Department of Veterans Affairs ref FOIA#18-04208-F - VA officials communications with officials at the Concerned Veterans of America
From:
Dear Mr. Craven,
This email concerning your January 10, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Veterans Affairs, in which you were requesting:
"All email correspondence between VA officials and officials at the Concerned Veterans For America with email addresses ending in "@cv4a.org" between Jan. 20 and present day. I sent a request earlier for this, and was given tracking number 18-01467-F. I think this request has been closed, as I neglected to properly respond to a request for clarification. If that's the case, please start a new request. But if my last request is live, please tweak. The search terms should include, but are not limited to, "trump" "koch" "accountability" "privatize" "shulkin" "selnick" "VA"
Your request was assigned to multiple offices. However, this email is pertaining to the Executive in Charge, Office of Information and Technology (18-03943-F).
Your search terms above included "VA." That term is used in basically every VA email, even in our email addresses.
Would you be will be remove "VA" as one of your search terms?
Please respond back within 10 calendar days.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting me.
Sincerely,
Diane Cooke
VA FOIA Service (005R1C)
Office of Privacy Information and Identity Protection (PIIP)
Quality, Privacy, and Risk (QPR)
Office of Information and Technology (OI&T)
Office: 202-632-7419
Fax: 202-632-7581
Hotline: 1-877-750-3642
Please take a moment and let us know how we did by completing a quick evaluation: Got a minute? Rate Our Service!<https://vaww.vashare.oit.va.gov/sites/QPR/Lists/QPR%20Customer%20Satisifaction%20Evaluation/Item/newifs.aspx>
[Quality, Privacy, Risk icon.]QPR's Mission Statement:
"To instill and promote a culture of quality, privacy and risk management in collaboration with our business partners to enable a better Veteran experience."
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From: Jasper Craven
I'm happy to remove VA as a search term. Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 19, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #18-01467-F, 18-03943-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
A no responsive documents response.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 19, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #18-01467-F, 18-03943-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.
From:
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 19, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #19-04795-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
To MuckRock News - In response to your status inquiry relayed today, each of the attached responses was mailed on dates of the response letters.
From: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Dear Mr. Craven:
The attached letter is the initial agency decision (IAD) regarding your January 10, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. ยง 552, request to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) which was referred in part to the Office of Enterprise Integration (OEI) on February 13, 2018, via FOIA tracking number 18-04210-F. For the reasons outlined enclosed, we are providing you with a "no records" response.
Thank you for interest in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and please stay safe.
Jennifer Jessup
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