Deleted Tweets on @CavernsNPS

Hi Alison,

I am routing this request to you for processing. Let me know if it turns
out another office needs to search for responsive records.

As usual I've cc'd the requester so they know who will be handling their
request.

Thanks,

C.

____________________

Ms. Charis Wilson, PhD, CRM
NPS FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
PO Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
303-969-2959
Fax: 303-969-2557
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npsfoia@nps.gov <charis_wilson@nps.gov>

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:34 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Freedom of Information Act Request: Deleted Tweets on
@CavernsNPS
To: npsfoia@nps.gov

National Park Service
FOIA Office
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August 23, 2018

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request
the following records:
I would like copies of all tweets deleted by the National Park Service’s
Twitter Feed (@CavernsNPS) from November 2013 to the present. This would
include any tweets sent out on Twitter that were deleted or kept in draft
form from the Twitter account @CavernsNPS. This request also would include
copies of any e-mails or correspondence regarding the drafting and deletion
of these tweets.

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.

I am a journalist whose works have appeared in Slate, VICE, the
Massachusetts Review, Kill Screen, and elsewhere. This FOIA request is part
of research for an ongoing piece of journalistic work, and as such, I am
requesting a fee waiver. I have submitted versions of this FOIA request to
other agencies, including the Office of Government Ethics, and in the
process, I have been granted this fee waiver without question. My most
recent article on this subject appeared in Slate in April 2018 and was
titled “Can They Really Delete That?”.

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,
Muira McCammon
muira.mccammon@asc.upenn.edu

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Ms. McCammon,

We have received your FOIA request for *Carlsbad Caverns National Park
(CAVE)*. Your tracking number is *NPS-2018-01162*. Please reference this
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Thanks,
-Alison

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Alison Yamato
Government Information Specialist - FOIA Officer - IMR
NPS Intermountain Region
12795 W Alameda Pkwy
Lakewood, CO 80228
303.969.2242 (O)
303.243.4096 (C)

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Hi,

We still have 17 FOIA requests ahead of yours. I apologize for the delay
but we must process on a first-in first-out manner and we have some large
requests holding up the ones further below. Because this FOIA is fairly
simple I can move it to the simple track so that it gets moved up and
processed as quickly as possible. I will be glad to let you know when we
have an update. I appreciate your patience.

Thanks,

-Alison

--

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

Alison Yamato
Government Information Specialist - FOIA Officer - IMR
NPS Intermountain Region
12795 W Alameda Pkwy
Lakewood, CO 80228
303.969.2242 (O)
303.243.4096 (C)

Looking for NPS public information? Try ETIC pubs.etic.nps.gov

Hi Ms. McCammon,

I apologize - I have had quite a few exceptional/voluminous/normal track
requests ahead of yours. I believe that I can get this out to you this
week if it remains in thew same format - which is why I have a question for
you - the way in which the park was able to grab the tweets is in html code
(Cascading style sheets for the raw data) and also a spreadsheet of all the
tweets. I believe that we are looking at a release in full but I didn't
want to deliver this to you and have you be surprised that it doesn't
"look" like twitter. Is this OK? I was thinking that I can go ahead and
release the info to you and if it doesn't suffice you can let me know to go
back to the park to see if they can provide the info in a different way.
Does that work?

Thanks so much for your patience.

-Alison

Thanks,
-Alisopn

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

Alison Yamato
Government Information Specialist - FOIA Officer - IMR
NPS Intermountain Region
12795 W Alameda Pkwy
Lakewood, CO 80228
303.969.2242 (O)
303.243.4096 (C)

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Ms. McCammon,

Please see attached final response and 3 responsive documents. I am
grateful for your patience!

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Thanks,
-Alison

--

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

Alison Yamato
Government Information Specialist - FOIA Officer - IMR
NPS Intermountain Region
12795 W Alameda Pkwy
Lakewood, CO 80228
303.969.2242 (O)
303.243.4096 (C)

Looking for NPS public information? Try ETIC pubs.etic.nps.gov